General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Olomouc
Cadastre: Měrotín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2421, 24212,24221
Geological region: Moravosilesian Devonian; Drahany, Mírov and Jeseníky Culm, incl. the Maleník block
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1627

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Geological karst pipes in the abandoned quarry Brodka developed in the Devonian limestones. They were formed by solution activities of waters penetrating through overlying permeable regolith during ancient periods of karstification. This locality is registered as Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon, paleozoikum - devon - střední devon - givet
Subject: geology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: krast pit
Genesis: weathering , sedimentary
Rock: limestone, loam

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

Otava, J., Pošmourný, K. (2007): Litovelské Pomoraví. Geologie Chráněných krajinných oblastí České repub. 12 s. Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Otava Jiří, 10.06.08
Updated by: Otava Jiří 10.06.08, Otava Jiří 04.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 12.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1627 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1627.

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