Smrčí u Semil
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Liberecký kraj
District (town):
Semily
Village:
Záhoří
Cadastre:
Smrčí u Semil
Map sheets:
03-32 Jablonec nad Nisou, 03-324 Turnov
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
559
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Active quarry exposing lava flows of Tertiary basalts. Important exposure of neoidic basalts which enabled a datation of Tertiary volcanic activity. Lava flows cover gravelly terraces of Jizera River. Significant locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
petrology, volcanology, mineralogy, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
stony organ, lava flow, mineral
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
basanite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark:
Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests:
open cast mining
References
- Chaloupský J., Teisseyre, H., 1968: Geology of the West Sudeten. - Guide to Excursion 8 AC, International geolog. congress, XXIII session, Prague 1968, str. 14. Praha.
- Raprrich, V., red. (2011): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-324 Turnov. - Česká geologická služba. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jan Drozen, 30.10.2001
Updated by:
Dašková Jiřina, 25.10.2001, Gürtlerová Pavla, 08.01.2012, Rapprich Vladislav, 31.08.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 559 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/559.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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