General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Hodonín
Cadastre: Mutěnice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3422, 34223
Geological region: Neogene of the Vienna Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2290

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Vienna Basin, Neogene, Bzenec Formation. Shallow natural trench with typical 7 m thick sequence of the Bzenec Formation, lithogically variable. This section consists mostly of silty sands with layers of sand and silt. Pelecypod shells are common in sandy sediments. Silts and silty clays are calcareous.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Vienna Basin - Vienna Basin (Moravian part)
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - svrchní miocén - pannon
Subject: sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, bedding, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand, 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: waste disposal

References

Tomanová Petrová P. a kolektiv autorů (2008): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000 list 34223 Hodonín.- Český geologický ústav Praha. 56 str. Tomanová Petrová P. (ed), Adamová M., Bubík M., Gnojek I., Havlíček P., Hubatka F., Kycl P., Novák Z., Havlín Nováková D., Šikula J. (2008): Základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami, 34-223 Hodonín. 56 str. ČGS Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 23.08.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 16.11.04, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 26.09.12, Kukal Zdeněk 22.10.12, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 11.07.14

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2290 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2290.

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