Luž
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Liberecký kraj
District (town):
Česká Lípa
Village:
Mařenice
Cadastre:
Horní Světlá pod Luží
Map sheets:
02-24 Nový Bor, 02-242 D.Podluží
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
4071
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural Reserve protecting a phonolite body which filled a maar crater. This crater was formed by freatomagmatic activity. The maar depression was later filled by a scoria dome. Phonolite extrusion took part in two stages. During the first one, volcanic explosion destroyed the first lava dome. The phonolite basement is formed of Cretaceous sediments. The locality is classified as Natural Reserve nad is situated in the Protected Landscate Area "Lužické hory - the Lusatian Mountains".
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
volcanology
Geological phenomenon:
lava, maar
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
phonolite, trachybasalt, scoria, breccia, sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Lužické hory
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 5673 (Luž)
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Wenger, E., Büchner, J., Tietz, O., & Mrlina, J. (2017). The polycyclic Lausche Volcano (Lausitz Volcanic Field) and its message concerning landscape evolution in the Lausitz Mountains (northern Bohemian Massif, Central Europe). Geomorphology, 292, 193-210
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladislav Rapprich, 11.11.1111
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 19.02.2018
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4071 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/4071.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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