General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Bečov nad Teplou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1123, 11234
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 356

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Isolated rock consisting of a Tertiary basalt. Spectacular columnar jointing.
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: petrology, geomorphology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: selective erosion, stony organ
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basanite

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 Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Slavkovský les
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining

References

Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P. a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str. 519, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Žáček Vladimír, 17.10.94
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 21.09.09, Rapprich Vladislav 11.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 356 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/356.

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