General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Cheb
Cadastre: Mariánské Lázně
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1141, 11411
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)
ID : 360

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Upland beat bog. Three isolated occurrences at an elevation of 800 - 900 m a.s.l. The area of the largest peat bog is as much as 130 ha. Interesting flora, sedimentologically and hydrogeologically significant.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of denudation areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: hydrogeology, botany, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: peat bog
Genesis: organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock: peat

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National 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) - Slavkovský les
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

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 521, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Žáček Vladimír, 15.10.94
Updated by: Žáček Vladimír 13.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 360 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/360.

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