General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Ústí nad Labem
Cadastre: Lochočice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0232, 02324
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1709

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Trachytic shallow intrusion exposed by several abandoned small quarries.
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: geomorphology, quaternary geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: frost cliff, outcrop
Genesis: volcanic , frost weathering
Rock: trachyte

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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 )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Kolektiv autorů. (1999): Ústecko. In: Mackovčin P. (ed.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek I. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, str.206 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 23.02.09
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 21.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1709 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1709.

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