Niva-Doupov
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Karlovy Vary
Village:
Hradiště
Cadastre:
Bražec u Hradiště
Map sheets:
11-22 Kadaň, 11-223 Kyselka
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
11
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rocks slopes of a small elevaption. Several types of rocks are present, as syenogabbro, melanocratic syenogabbro, essexite and theralite. This locality documents a succession of magma differentiation and serves as a correlation with surrounded neovolcanic regions of the Bohemian Massif.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands > Doupov Volcanic complex
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
volcanology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
intrusion
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
warfare
References
- Shrbený, O. (1982): Chemistry of alkaline volcanic rocks of the Doupovské hory Mts., Bohemia. - Čas. miner.geol., 27, 2. Praha.
- Hradecký P. et al.(2005): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 11-223 Kyselka, - MS, ČGS
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Hradecký, 07.11.1994
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 21.01.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 11 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/11.
Location in map:
Assessment
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Significance:
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Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
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