General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Břeclav
Cadastre: Pouzdřany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3412, 34122
Geological region: Pouzdřany, Ždánice & Zdounky units; Rača unit of the Chřiby Mts.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: loam pit
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1140

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old brickyard exposing Pleistocene loess complex with some buried soil horizons. Bedrock consists of sediments of the Křepice Beds. This locality was selected as a type locality of the Křepice Beds of the Pouzdřany Unit. Stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - spodní miocén - ottnang
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, bed, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand, siltstone, clay

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

Cicha, I. - Chmelík, F. - Pícha, F. - Stráník, Z. (1965): Eine neue tektonische Einheit der Äusseren Karpaten in Südmähren. - Geol. Práce, Zprávy, 36, 85 - 104. Bratislava. Krhovský, J. - Bubík, M. - Hamršmíd, B. - Šťastný, M. (1995): Lower Miocene of the Pouzdřany unit, the West Carpathian Flysch Belt, Southern Moravia. - Knihovnička ZPN, 16, 73 - 83. Hodonín.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Bubík Miroslav, 28.06.01

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1140 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1140.

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