Raná
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Louny
Village:
Raná
Cadastre:
Raná u Loun
Map sheets:
02-34 Bílina, 02-343 Bečov
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
ID:
983
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A ridge formed by a basaltic dyke exposed from the surrounding Cretaceous marlstones by selective erosion. The dyke is formed by olivine nephelinite. An instructive locality, documenting the post-emplacement erosion effects.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
geomorphology, volcanology, botany
Geological phenomenon:
dyke, rock, landslide, selective erosion, intrusion
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
basaltoid (basaltic-rock)
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
České středohoří
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 361 (Raná)
Conflicts of interests:
sports, tourism
References
- Zoubek, V. - Škvor, V. et al. (1963): Vyvětlivky k přehledné geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 200 000 M-33-XIV, Teplice M-33-VIII Chabařovice. - Ústř. úst. geol., ČSAV Praha, Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navržené k ochraně.- Český geologický ústav Praha
- Janoška, M. (2013): Sopky a sopečné vrchy České republiky, Academia, Praha, 415 str.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Přemysl Zelenka, 11.01.1994
Updated by:
Adamovič Jiří, 17.02.2007, Rapprich Vladislav, 18.11.2008, Zelenka Přemysl, 23.09.2009, Vajskebrová Markéta, 14.07.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 983 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/983.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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