General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Olomouc
Cadastre: Březina
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2421, 24212
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1667

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moravian Palaeozoic. Karst area, karst superficial and underground phenomena developed in the Devonian limestones. Limestone cliff is exposed and dominates over surrounding Culm shales. Numerous karst features, as karren, rock gates, cliffs, sink holes, etc. Also caves with loam fill, sinter crusts and dripstone decoration are present. Upper part of this cave system is open for public. Protected wintering grounds of bats. This locality is registered as National Nature Reserve.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, quaternary geology, paleontology, sedimentology, mineralogy, stratigraphy, structural geology, botany, zoology
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave, rock arch, rock chimney, weather pit, karren, gully, bed, fault, fossils fauna, fossils-flora
Genesis: sedimentary, aquatic (water activity), weathering , anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National 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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Šafář J. a kol.(2003): Olomoucko. In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek VI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str. 144 - 145, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 22.10.08
Updated by: Otava Jiří 03.11.08, Kukal Zdeněk 05.11.12, Kukal Zdeněk 20.11.12, Kukal Zdeněk 13.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1667 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1667.

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