General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Břeclav
Cadastre: Pavlov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3412, 34124
Geological region: Pouzdřany, Ždánice & Zdounky units; Rača unit of the Chřiby Mts.
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Technical object: gravel pit
ID : 675

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned gravel pit. Talus gravels are affected by a solifluction. Deluvial sediments contain loess interlayers. Frost activity brecciated and loosened Jurassic limestones. Sedimentologically and geomorphologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Jurassic - Jurassic in Moravian Karst and Brno surroundings, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: loess

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Pálava
Conflicts of interests: agriculture

References

Havlíček, P. - Kovanda, J. (1985): Nové výzkumy kvartéru v okolí Pavlovských vrchů. - Antropozoikum, 16, 21-59. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Uhlířová Ivana, 29.11.93
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 20.08.04, Havlíček Pavel 04.09.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 675 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/675.

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