General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Prostějov
Cadastre: Čechy pod Kosířem
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2422, 24223
Geological region: Moravosilesian Devonian; Drahany, Mírov and Jeseníky Culm, incl. the Maleník block
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1701

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops of rhythmites of siltstone and shale of the Culmian facies, Upper Viséan of the Drahany Upland, Lower Carboniferous. This locality is registered as Nature Reserve.
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 - karbon - spodní karbon - kulm, paleozoikum - karbon - spodní karbon - kulm - visé
Subject: geology
Geological phenomenon: erosion furrow
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: shale, greywacke

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

Mrázek, J. (2007): Přehled geologie Kosíře.-MS bakalářská práce.40s., MU Brno

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Otava Jiří, 10.06.08
Updated by: Otava Jiří 11.06.08, Otava Jiří 12.06.08, Otava Jiří 04.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 13.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1701 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1701.

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