General Characteristics

County (administration): Zlín Region
District (town): Kroměříž
Cadastre: Brusné
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2531, 25312
Geological region: Fore-Magura, Rača (E from the Napajedla gateway), Bystrica & Bílé Karpaty units
Technical object: guarry
ID : 711

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Two abandoned quarries with outcrops of the Hostýn Beds (Formation) of the lithofacial zone of the Rača Unit of the Magura flysch (Maastrichtian up to Middle Paleocene). Sediments are represented by coarse-grained sandstones with carbonate clasts. Sedimentologically and stratigrahically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Magurian group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - maastricht, kenozoikum - paleogén - paleocén - spodní paleocén
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone

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: without conflicts

References

Presl, V. et al. (1984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1 : 25 000, list 25-321 Fryšták. - MS ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Krejčí Oldřich, 13.10.93

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 711 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/711.

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