General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Břeclav
Cadastre: Boleradice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3421, 34211
Geological region: Pouzdřany, Ždánice & Zdounky units; Rača unit of the Chřiby Mts.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 684

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry with an outcrop of the Ždánice-Hustopeče Formation which represents the youngest lithostratigraphic member of the Ždánice Unit of Oligocene age. This formation consists of an alternation of sandstones and claystones. Stratigraphically and sedimentologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - paleogén - oligocén - svrchní oligocén - spodní eger
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, geology
Geological phenomenon: ripple marks
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, claystone

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: sports, private property

References

Batík, P. (1971): Geologie Ždánického příkrovu mezi Nikolčicemi a Bořeticemi. - Sbor. geol. Věd., Geol., 21, 157-179. Praha. Cicha, I. - Chmelík, F. - Pícha, F. - Stráník, Z. (1964): Ubersicht über den heutigen Stand der Forschungen in der Molasse zone Ždánicer und Pouzdřany Einheit Süd Mahrens. - Mitt. Geol. Gesel. Wien, 56, 2, 445-501. Wien. Stráník, Z. et al. (1978): Základní geologická mapa 1:25 000 a vysvětlivky, list 34-211 Štibořice. - Archiv ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Stráník Zdeněk, 24.11.92

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 684 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/684.

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