General Characteristics

County (administration): Zlín Region
District (town): Kroměříž
Cadastre: Chvalčov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2514, 25143
Geological region: Fore-Magura, Rača (E from the Napajedla gateway), Bystrica & Bílé Karpaty units
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1597

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: West Carpathians, Magura Flysch. Natural outcrops on a ridge consisting of sandstones and claystones of the Zlín Formation (Paleocene - Eocene). Sandstones are fractured and modelled by selective erosion. This ridge is locally separated into castellated rocks, pillars and columnar bodies Also pseudokarst cave is present there. Small occurrence of calcareous tufa was found. Protected as Nature Reserve.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Magurian group of nappes
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - paleogén
Subject: geomorphology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: rock, rock bag, pseudocrast cave
Genesis: sedimentary, weathering , frost weathering
Rock: sandstone, conglomerate, claystone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Mackovčin P., Jatiová M. a kol. (2002): Zlínsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M. (eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek II. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.95 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 20.04.10
Updated by: Krejčí Oldřich 22.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1597 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1597.

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