General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Hodonín
Cadastre: Šardice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3422, 34221
Geological region: Neogene of the Vienna Basin
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1150

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Artificial cut exposing a relic of the Sarmatian sediments. Unique document of the Neogene transgression (Venna Basin) over the Outer Carpathian flysch. Also important paleontological locality of molluscan assemblages of the Sarmatian age and an instructive example of an angular unconformity.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes, Carpathian - Vienna Basin - Vienna Basin (Moravian part)
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - střední miocén - sarmat, kenozoikum - paleogén - oligocén - střední oligocén
Subject: geology, paleontology, stratigraphy, lithology
Geological phenomenon: unconformity, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: clay, 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: vegetation

References

Petrová, P. - Novák, Z. - Čtyroký, P. (1999): Zpráva o geologickém mapování neogénu na listu 34-221 Kyjov v roce 1998. - Zpr. geol. Výzk. v Roce 1998, 28 - 30. Praha.; Bubík M. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 34221 Kyjov.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Bubík Miroslav, 29.06.01
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 19.08.04, Gürtlerová Pavla 20.09.12, Gürtlerová Pavla 20.09.12, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 05.12.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1150 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1150.

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