Pecopala
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Liberecký kraj
District (town):
Česká Lípa
Village:
Ralsko, Doksy
Cadastre:
Hradčany nad Ploučnicí, Doksy u Máchova jezera
Map sheets:
03-31 Mimoň, 03-313 Doksy
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
46
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A reservoir of the Břehyňský rybník with surrounding marshes and peat bogs. Prominent outcrops of Cretaceous sandstones of the Jizera Formation (Middle Turonian) in the northern part. Geomorphologically interesting are intrusions of volcanic rocks in the sandstones.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Lugic development;
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Turonian
Subject:
geomorphology, volcanology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, botany
Geological phenomenon:
dyke, fault, bed, honeycombs, karren, gully, cliff, horizontal section, rock, lithological boundary, incrustation, stony organ, peat bog
Genesis:
sedimentary, volcanic , organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock:
sandstone, basaltoid (basaltic-rock), phonolite, peat
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Kokořínsko - Máchův kraj
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 2431 (Břehyně-Pecopala)
Part of national geopark:
Ralsko
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Adamovič, J. (1997): Vývoj poznání geologické stavby západní části VVP Ralsko. - Bezděz, 5, 85-146. Česká Lípa
- Coubal, M., Klein, V., Adamovič, J. (1993): Geologický průzkum jihozápadního předpolí ložiska Stráž. Strukturně tektonické mapování plochy ii-93. MS Archiv Diamo, sp. Stráž pod Ralskem
- Klein, V. (1963): Základní geologická mapa 1 : 50 000, list Doksy. - ÚÚG Praha
- Müller, B. (1914): Der geologische Aufban des Hirschberger Teichgebietes. Monogr. und Abh. zur Int. Revue des gess. Hydrobiol. und Hydrogr., 5, 3, Leipzig
- Mackovčin P., Sedláček M. a Kuncová J. (2002): Chráněná území ČR - Liberecko, Svazek III. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha, 331 s
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Adamovič, 14.11.1994
Updated by:
Adamovič Jiří, 17.02.2007, Lorencová Markéta, 26.06.2007, Valečka Jaroslav, 11.11.2008, Vajskebrová Markéta, 12.06.2018
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 46 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/46.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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