General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Lažany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2432, 24322
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - southern and central part
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object: sand pit
ID : 2242

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Carpathian FOredeep, Neogene, Quaternary. Sand pit. Sequence of coarse grained sands and gravels of fluvial, partly possibly of fluviolacustrine origin. Clasts are mostly of quartz. Current bedding and associated structures evidence this type of origin. Deposits are of the Ottnagnian age.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Freshwater Tertiary relics
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: stratigraphy, petrology, sedimentology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: river channel, bedding
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand, gravel, clay

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: private property

References

Hanžl P. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 24322 Blansko.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hanžl Pavel,Vít Jan, Otava Jiří, 07.07.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 10.02.05, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 28.09.11, Kukal Zdeněk 01.11.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2242 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2242.

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