General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Nový Jičín
Cadastre: Kopřivnice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2521, 25213
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2359

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: West Carpatghians, Subsilesian and Silesian units. Rocky massif made of a block of the Štramberk limestone. This mass was modelled by limestone exploitation during the end of the 19th century. Thed limestone is of breccia character with numerous corals. It represents a typical Jurassic reef. Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - jura - svrchní jura - malm - tithon
Subject: paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone

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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Podbeskydí
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.221 Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 02.12.10
Updated by: Jirková Pavlína 02.12.10, Bubík Miroslav 22.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2359 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2359.

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