Vrása u hradu Osek

General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústecký kraj
District (town): Teplice
Village: Osek
Cadastre: Hrad Osek
Map sheets: 02-32 Teplice, 02-323 Duchcov
Accessibility: passable footpath
ID: 340


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrop on a forested ridge. Well developed and preserved 40 m long recumbent fold formed of fine-grained paragneiss. Schistosity also developed. Tectonically instructive locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy: Proterozoic
Subject: structural geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: fold, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: paragneiss


Territorial protection

Level of protection: Nature reserve
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1176 (Vlčí důl)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts


References
  • Bezvodová, B. et al. (1994): Základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000, list 02-323 Duchcov - ČGÚ Praha.
  • Mlčoch Bedřich a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navrhované k ochraně.- Český geologický ústav Praha
  • Astor, E. (1992): Erzgebirge. Meyers Naturführer. Meyers Lexikonverlag. Mannheim - Leipzig - Wien - Zürich. 166 str

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pavel Schovánek, 27.10.1994
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín, 23.11.2004


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 340 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/340.


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Assessment

Scientifical assesment: medium
Educational assesment: middle
Significance: regional
Representativeness: major
Geological importance: geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: no problems

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