Velký vrch
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Louny
Village:
Vršovice
Cadastre:
Vršovice u Loun
Map sheets:
12-12 Louny, 12-122 Peruc
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
ID:
1337
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Elevation with outcrops of hard porcelanites on Cretaceous marlstones. A formerly important paleontological locality with abundant marine bivalves and gastropods in Cretaceous claystones. Pyritized casts of fossils. Also botanically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands;
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
botany, geology, geomorphology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, porcelanites
Genesis:
metamorphic (caustic metamorphism), sedimentary
Rock:
porcelanite, claystone, marlstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1183 (Velký vrch u Vršovic)
Conflicts of interests:
ground instability, vegetation
References
- Cajz, V. (edit.), 1996: České středohoří. Geologická a přírodovědná mapa 1:100000. - Str. 28, ČGÚ, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiřina Dašková, 13.06.2002
Updated by:
Rapprich Vladislav, 19.11.2008, Rapprich Vladislav, 21.09.2009, Vajskebrová Markéta, 27.09.2021, Vajskebrová Markéta, 27.09.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1337 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1337.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
poor
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