General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Plzeň-sever
Cadastre: Příšov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1144, 11442
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous and Tertiary of the Central Bohemian & Western Bohemian limnic regions
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 991

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Isolated hill, remnant of a scoria cone. Volcanic activity followed a fracture zone, its products are formed of lapilli and boulder bombs. Also lithic fragments present, finds of fossil wood of Pleistocene age are mentioned in the literatue.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén
Subject: volcanology, petrology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: cinder cone, volcaniclastic deposits, characteristic rock
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basanite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Spudil J.,Pešek J., Přibyl A., l97l: Základní geol.mapa l : 25 000, list M-33-75-D-a Město Touškov. - MS Geofond Praha. Jiránek J., l977: Chráněný přírodní výtvor Příšovská homolka. - Památky a příroda, 37/32, C, 7, S, Praha. Winkler A., 1911: Uber den Aufbau und das Alter der Tuffitkuppe Homolka bei Pzžischow (Bezirk Pilsen). - Mitt. Geol. Ges. sv. 4, 2, Wien.; Bareš M. (1959): Příšovská homolka. Sbor. Vysoké školy pedagogické v Plzni, serie biol. - chem., 2, 231-248, Plzeň.; KettnerR. (1958): Nejmladší české sopky. Vesmír,37,109-112, Praha.;Rubín J. (1966): Třetí nejmladší západočeská sopka, Lidé a země, 15, 374, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 01.11.93
Updated by: Lorencová Markéta 25.01.05, Rapprich Vladislav 05.10.09, Lojka Richard 10.07.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 991 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/991.

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