General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Babice nad Svitavou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2441, 24413
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 3275

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moravian Palaeozoic, Devonian. Scattered outcrops on a plain margin, adjacent slope and gully bottom. Lowermost granitoids of the Brno Massif are overlain by limestones of the Macocha Formation. Limestones are micritic, bioclastic and of so called Amphipora type. Nature reserve in the Protected Landscape Area Moravian Karst.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon - střední devon - givet
Subject: geology, structural geology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fold, fossils fauna, karst cave, karst
Genesis: sedimentary, aquatic (water activity), tectonic
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Gilíková H. et al. (2010): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1:25 000, 24-413 Mokrá-Horákov. – MS Čes. geol. služ. Praha.; Mackovčin P., Jatiová M., Demek J., Slavík P. a kol. (2007): Brněnsko. In: Mackovčin P.(ed): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IX. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str. 694 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gilíková Helena, 01.11.10
Updated by: Gilíková Helena 18.01.11, Gürtlerová Pavla 19.01.11, Otava Jiří 04.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 18.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3275 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3275.

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