General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Javorník-ves
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0444, 04443
Geological region: Quaternary - region of continental glaciation, Žitava & Vidnava basins; Osoblaha Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: sand pit
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 970

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Inactive sand pit. Late Tertiary sediments underlying Quaternary sands are exposed. Basal sands contain angular local clasts. Petrologically interesting outcrop.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén, kenozoikum - kvartér - pleistocén - střední pleistocén
Subject: sedimentology, geology, quaternary geology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: erratics, characteristic rock, unconformity, lithological boundary, moraine
Genesis: sedimentary, glacigenic (glacier activity)
Rock: sand, gravel, till, gravel-sand

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal, vegetation

References

Hanáček M., Nývlt D., Nehyba S. (2013): Písečník u Javorníku – drumlin se zachovalou sukcesí subglaciálních a supraglaciálních sedimentů. Geologické výzkumy na Moravě a ve Slezsku 20 (1–2): 22–29. Růžičková E., Růžička M., Zeman A., Kadlec J. (2003): Kvartérní klastické sedimenty České republiky. Struktury a textury hlavních genetických typů. – Česká geologická služba, 68 s. Sikorová J., Víšek J., Nývlt D. (2006): Texture and petrography of glacial deposits in the northern foothill of the Hrubý Jeseník and Rychlebské Mts., Czechia. – Geological Quarterly, 50, 3, 345–352.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Aichler Jaroslav, Pálenský Peter, 26.10.95
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 20.07.11, Hanáček Martin 10.04.15, Hanáček Martin 26.04.15, Hanáček Martin 26.04.15

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 970 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/970.

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