General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Frýdek-Místek
Cadastre: Palkovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2521, 25212
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 655

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry with turbidite sandstone facies of the Chlebovice Beds of the Těšín-Hradiště Formation of the Baška Development of the Silesian Unit. Typical flysch sequence with Bouma sequences.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: bedding
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, claystone

Territorial conservation

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

References

Eliáš, M. (1970): Litologie a sedimentologie slezské jednotky v Moravskoslezských Beskydech. - Sbor. geol. Věd, Geol., 18, 7-90. Praha. Macoun, J. et al. (1962): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1 : 25 000 25-212 Beušperk. - MS ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Eliáš Mojmír, 17.11.93
Updated by: Bubík Miroslav 25.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 655 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/655.

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