Vyskeř
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Liberecký kraj
District (town):
Semily
Village:
Vyskeř
Cadastre:
Vyskeř
Map sheets:
03-34 Sobotka, 03-342 Rovensko p.T.
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3182
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Remnant of a tuff cone produced by phreatomagmtic (surtseyan) eruption and penetrated by a picrite feeder dyke. Picrite is rich in olivine phenocrysts, some of them enclose chromite grains.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
volcanology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, characteristic rock, vulcano
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
basanite, pyroclastic deposits, tuff, picrite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Český ráj
Part of national geopark:
Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Čech, S., et.al. (2011): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-342 Rovensko pod Troskami. - Česká geologická služba. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladislav Rapprich, 01.06.2010
Updated by:
Rapprich Vladislav, 11.11.2011, Rapprich Vladislav, 31.08.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3182 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3182.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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