Pseudosopka - Šonov
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Náchod
Village:
Šonov
Cadastre:
Šonov u Broumova
Map sheets:
04-32 Broumov, 04-323 Broumov
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
1833
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A hill E of Šonov (648 m)- small rocks, big blocks and scree. - Andezitoide with hydrothermal mineralisation. Escape of warm air (mofette type) from some fractures. Volcanics belong to the so colled Uper Šonov Melaphyres (andesitoides). - The Olivětín Member, Broumov Formation.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Permocarboniferous Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Permian
Subject:
geology, geomorphology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, scree, scree field
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
andesite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Broumovsko
Part of national geopark:
Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Tásler R. (1995): Revize lokalit geologického charakteru navrhovaných k ochraně v CHKO Broumovsko. ? MS. str.8. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Věra Plná, 10.12.2003
Updated by:
Prouza Vladimír, 19.03.2004, Prouza Vladimír, 09.10.2009, Gürtlerová Pavla, 08.08.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1833 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1833.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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