General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Opava
Cadastre: Radkov u Vítkova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1534, 15341
Geological region: Moravosilesian Devonian; Drahany, Mírov and Jeseníky Culm, incl. the Maleník block
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3801

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Contact of greywackes and conglomerates of the Hradec-Kyjovice Formation of the Jeseníky Culmian, age upper Viséan. The locality is recommended for protection.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum, paleozoikum - karbon - spodní karbon - kulm - visé
Subject: geology, sedimentology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: greywacke, conglomerate

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Bábek, O. – Kalvoda, J. – Otava, J. – Šimíček, D. (2014): Carboniferous Turbidite Systems of the Variscan Foreland: The Moravo-Silesian Culm Basin. Central European Meeting of Sedimentary Geology. 34 s. – Univerzita Palackého Olomouc.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Otava Jiří, 10.10.14
Updated by: Otava Jiří 29.04.15, Kukal Zdeněk 19.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3801 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3801.

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