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General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Česká Lípa
Cadastre: Heřmánky, Hvězda pod Vlhoštěm, Litice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0242, 02423
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1771

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Bohemian Cretaceous Basin and Tertiary volcanics. The Vlhoš phonolite hill, 31 Ma old is dominating this area. The surrounding area consists mostly of quartzose sandstones of the Jizera Formation. Fining-upward cycles about 30 mn thick, are typical for them. Emplacement of a sodalitic phonolite wsas accompanied with ripping up blocks of Cretaceous and underlying rocks, including phyllites and mica schists. Northern margin of the Vlhoš Hill is cut by important fracture zone.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon, kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, structural geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: castellated ridge, cliff, karren, landslide, fault, fossils fauna, incrustation, intrusion
Genesis: sedimentary, volcanic , tectonic
Rock: sandstone, siltstone, phonolite, basalt

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Kokořínsko
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M. (2005): Chráněná území ČR - Střední Čechy, svazek XIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha, 904 pp.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Lorencová Markéta, 23.11.07
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 15.07.09, Valečka Jaroslav 27.08.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1771 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1771.

Location in map:

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Pohled na Vlhoš od jihu, pískovcové skály na ůbočí elevace tvořené vulkanity. , Pavla Gürtlerová, 2013
Krajinné dominanty Polomených hor - zleva Ronov a Vlhoš, Jaroslav Valečka, 2003
Jaroslav Valečka, 2003
Vlhoš - krajinná dominanta, 614 m n.m., Jaroslav Valečka, 2003
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