General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Karviná
Cadastre: Havířov-Město
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1544, 15443
Geological region: Upper Carboniferous of the Upper Silesian Basin; Neogene of the Ostrava and Opava basins
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2338

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outer Group of Nappes (Menilite-Krosno), Quaternary. Nature monument protecting a flood plain with meandering Lučin River with its vegetation. Small outcrops of bedrock on adjacent slope. Bedrocks consist of sediments and teschenites of the Silesian and Subsilesian nappe units (Early Cretaceous up to Eocene). A fault sole, evidencing nappe movement on a Carpathian Foredeep, cuts this area.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - spodní křída, kenozoikum - paleogén
Subject: quaternary geology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: flood plaine
Genesis: aquatic (water activity), sedimentary
Rock: gravel, loess loam

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: without conflicts

References

Weissmannová H. a kol (2004): Ostravsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek X. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str.179 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 02.03.10
Updated by: Malík Jan 22.09.11, Kukal Zdeněk 22.10.12, Kukal Zdeněk 26.11.12, Kukal Zdeněk 26.11.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2338 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2338.

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