General Characteristics
County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Zakšov, VÚ Hradiště
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1122, 11223
Geological region: Cheb & Sokolov basins and Neovolcanics of the Doupovské hory Mts.
ID : 8
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Prominent rocky ridge. Nice example of a succession of lava flows of the Doupov volcano. Each lava flow forms morphologically distinct step. Pyroclastics are limited only to agglomerates which preceded final lava extrusion. Volcanologically extremely interesting site.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: volcanology
Geological phenomenon: lava flow
Genesis: volcanic
Territorial conservation
Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: warfare
References
Babůrek, J. - Chvátal, J. - Bořecký, V. (1990): Trpasličí jeskyně v Doupovských horách. - Příroda Karlovarska, 1. Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 07.11.94
Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 8 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/8. Location in map:
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