General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Sokolov
Cadastre: Louka u Mariánských Lázní
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1123, 11233
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 353

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrop of serpentinized ultrabasites (dunite). Part of the large serpentinite body in the Mariánské Lázně Unit. Petrologically important, also botanic locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Mariánské Lázně complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, botany
Geological phenomenon: rock, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: serpentinite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument 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 (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Slavkovský les
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Žáček Vladimír, 18.10.94
Updated by: Žáček Vladimír 11.06.10, Vajskebrová Markéta 30.09.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 353 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/353.

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