General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Břeclav
Cadastre: Krumvíř
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3421, 34212
Geological region: Pouzdřany, Ždánice & Zdounky units; Rača unit of the Chřiby Mts.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: loam pit
ID : 1138

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old brickyard with outcrops of flyschoid sediments of the pelitic facies of the Ždánice-Hustopeče Formation. They consist mostly of calcareous claystones with siltstones. Abundant fossil fish remains. Paleontologically and stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - paleogén - oligocén - svrchní oligocén - spodní eger
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, fossils-flora
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: claystone, siltstone

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: exploitation, collection, others human activity

References

Brzobohatý, R. - Kalabis, V. - Schultz, O. (1975): Die Fischfauna des Egerien. - In: Báldi, T. - Seneš, J. et al.: Chronostratigraphie und Neostratotypen, Miozän der Zentralen Paratethys. Bd. V - OM Egerien. - Vydavatelství SAV, Veda, 577 str., Bratislava. Brzobohatý, R. - Kalabis, V. (1978): Biostratigrafické korelace v paleogénu a neogénu na základě ichtyofauny. - Zemný Plyn, Nafta, 23, 4a, 533 - 542. Hodonín. Kalabis, V. (1957): Ordnung Syngnathiformis Berg, 1840 (Pisces)aus dem Mähriscen Paläogen. - Čas. min. geol., (1957) 2, 261 - 274. Praha. Kalabis, V. (1966): Zpráva o rybí fauně ve ždánicko-hustopečském souvrství na lokalitě Krumvíř. - MS Archiv ÚÚG Praha, 17 str., Praha. Knobloch, E. (1969): Tertiäre Floren von Mähren. - Moravské museum Brno, 201 str. Brno.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Bubík Miroslav, 28.06.01
Updated by: Novotný Roman 17.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1138 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1138.

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