General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Hodonín
Cadastre: Stavěšice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3422, 34221
Geological region: Neogene of the Vienna Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1147

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Small abandoned pit exposing the Pannonian silts and sands of the Bzenec Formation in the Vienna Basin. Sandy interlayers exhibit common ripple and graded bedding. Several fossiliferous horizons. Stratigraphically and paleontologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Vienna Basin - Vienna Basin (Moravian part)
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: silt, sand

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: vegetation, waste disposal, collection, ground instability

References

Schinzelová, E. (1998): Paleontologická charakteristika a stratigrafické zařazení méně známých lokalit na Hodonínsku. - Geologické výzkumy na Moravě a ve Slezsku v roce 1997, 35 - 39. Brno.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Bubík Miroslav,Havlíček Pavel, 29.06.01
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 22.02.05, Gürtlerová Pavla 20.09.12, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 05.12.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1147 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1147.

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