Humnický vrch
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Karlovy Vary
Village:
Hradiště
Cadastre:
Žďár u Hradiště
Map sheets:
11-22 Kadaň, 11-221 Stráž n.O.
ID:
5
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Prominent rocky rodge. Outcrops of lava flows of tephrite composition and coarse-grained picritic olivine basalt with well developed olivine crystals. Alternation of rocks document changes in types of volcanic activity.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands > Doupov Volcanic complex
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
petrology, volcanology
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Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
warfare
References
- nebyla použita
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Hradecký, 07.11.1994
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 5 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/5.
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