General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Znojmo
Cadastre: Krhovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3413, 34132
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - southern and central part
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1413

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Carpathian Foredeep, Neogene. Abandoned quarry exhibiting basement rock association covered by a Neogene sequence. Among basement rocks amphibolite and hornblende gneiss prevails. Also pyroxene-garnet skarns and crystalline limestones are present. Neogene sediments consist of thin layers of sandy clays, sands and clays with coalified flora.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary
Rock: amphibolite, skarn, marble, dolomite, clay

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Dornič J. a kol. (1984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR¨1 : 25 000 list 34132 Božice. - Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Novák Zdeněk, 11.11.02
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 12.12.12, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 03.08.16, Kukal Zdeněk 22.12.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1413 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1413.

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