Terciér Korozluky-Dobrčice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Most
Village:
Skršín, Lužice
Cadastre:
Dobrčice u Skršína, Lužice u Mostu
Map sheets:
02-34 Bílina, 02-341 Bílina
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
old mine workings
ID:
918
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Series of outcrops in an abandoned and active sand pit. Cretaceous and Tertiary sediments with coal seams and caustically metamorphosed clays up to porcelanite. This heat metamophosis was triggered by a spontanceous ignition of one of the coal seams. Petrologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
sedimentology, paleontology, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils-flora, bed, porcelanites
Genesis:
metamorphic (caustic metamorphism)
Rock:
clay, sand
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
České středohoří
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Cajz, V. (edit.), 1996: České středohoří. Geologická a přírodovědná mapa 1:100000. - Str. 28, ČGÚ, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Josef Godány, 08.05.1996
Updated by:
Rapprich Vladislav, 18.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 918 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/918.
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:
acceptable
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