Homole
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Tachov
Village:
Planá
Cadastre:
Kříženec
Map sheets:
11-41 Mariánské Lázně, 11-413 Chodová Planá
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
368
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry. Outcrop of relics of lava flows. Oligocene age was determined. Volcanic rocks consist of an olivinic basalt with rhonite. Basalts are in places weathered into a loamy matter. Petrologically and volcanologically very interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
volcanology, petrology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon:
lava flow
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
basalt
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Shrbený, O. (1979): Geochemistry of the West Bohemian neovolcanics. - Čas. mineral. geol., 24, 1. Praha
- Hradecký, P. (1992): Tertiary volcanics in W. Bohemia. - Abstracts, geological model of W. Bohemia in relation to the deep borehole KTB in the FRG. MS ČGÚ Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Hradecký, 18.11.1993
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 01.08.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 368 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/368.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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