General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Břeclav
Cadastre: Přítluky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3421, 34213
Geological region: Pouzdřany, Ždánice & Zdounky units; Rača unit of the Chřiby Mts.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 680

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned, partly recultivated quarry exposing Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sediments. They consist of multicoloured calcareous claystones and marlstones silicified in places. Interlayers of red and greenish cherts and graded layers of bioclastic limestones. Stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída, kenozoikum - paleogén - oligocén - spodní oligocén
Subject: stratigraphy, geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: claystone, sandstone, limestone

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: reclamation, private property

References

Matějka, A. - Chmelík, F. (1955): Zpráva o geologickém výzkumu a mapování v terénu Čejč - Zaječí. - Archiv ČGÚ Praha. Pícha, F. - Hanzlíková, E. (1965): Die Juraklippen in der Ždánice Einheit bei Zaječí. - Věst. Ústř. úst. geol, XL, 3, 175-179. Praha. Stráník, Z. et al. (1982): Základní geologická mapa 1:25 000 a vysvětlivky, list 34-213 Hustopeče. - Archiv ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Stráník Zdeněk, 26.11.93
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 20.08.04

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 680 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/680.

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