General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Most
Cadastre: Sedlec, Korozluky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0234, 02341
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
ID : 916

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old quarry. Outcrop of Quaternary cover, ovelying loamy sediment with quartzite blocks. Below there is basalt lava flow with columnar jointing. This lava flow lies on a thin layer of tuffite and 150 cm thick bank of massive quartzite. Sedimentologically significant locality.
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: paleontology, sedimentology

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Nebyla použita

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Godány Josef, 08.05.96

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 916 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/916.

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