Sedlo
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Litoměřice
Village:
Liběšice
Cadastre:
Horní Chobolice, Srdov
Map sheets:
02-41 Ústí nad Labem, 02-414 Liběšice
Accessibility:
access without footpath
ID:
133
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Isolated hill consists of trachybasalt which forms a coherent conduit of eroded volcano. Represnts probably remnant of a dominant volcano in this area. Dominant peak in eastern part of the České středohoří Volcanic Complex.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands > Bohemian Central Volcanic complex
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
volcanology, geomorphology, botany
Geological phenomenon:
intrusion, vulcano, selective erosion
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
basaltoid (basaltic-rock)
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
České středohoří
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 383 (Sedlo)
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Klein, V. et al. (1966): Základní geologická mapa 1 : 25 000 M-33-53-B-a Úštěk. - Archiv ÚÚG, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Cajz, 09.11.1994
Updated by:
Hradecký Petr, 10.11.2008, Rapprich Vladislav, 19.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 133 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/133.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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