General Characteristics

County (administration): Zlín Region
District (town): Kroměříž
Cadastre: Kostelany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2533, 25331
Geological region: Pouzdřany, Ždánice & Zdounky units; Rača unit of the Chřiby Mts.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1638

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: West Carpathians, Račany Unit, Upper Paleocene, Lukov beds of the Magura flysch. Distinct rocks consisting of conglomerates and sandstones. Sandstones are medium- up to coarse grained with quartz, potassium feldspar, micas and also phyllite clasts. Rocky ridge is detached into individual forms, mostly along bedding planes and fissures. Their surface is covered with numerous meso- and microrelief phenomena, aeroxysts are extremely abundant. Nature Monument in the Nature Park Chřiby Mts.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Magurian group of nappes
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - paleogén - paleocén - svrchní paleocén
Subject: geomorphology, mineralogy, geology
Geological phenomenon: rock, frost cliff, weather pit, honeycombs, bed
Genesis: sedimentary, frost weathering, weathering
Rock: sandstone, conglomerate

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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: tourism, sports, others human activity

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.83 Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 25.02.10
Updated by: Novotný Roman 28.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1638 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1638.

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