General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Nový Jičín
Cadastre: Tichá na Moravě
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2512, 25214
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2367

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: West Carpathians, Quaternary. Sinter cascade, carbonate was deposited by a spring. Underlying Lower Cretaceous marlstones, micritic limestones and calcareous sandstones served as a source of carbonate. Slopes are liable to gravitational movements. This locality is protected as a Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - West Carpathiqan Quaternary - Quaternary of Eastern Carpathian denudation areas
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér - holocén
Subject: geomorphology, quaternary geology, sedimentology, hydrogeology
Geological phenomenon: spring, river source
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: travertine

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.220 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 02.12.10
Updated by: Jirková Pavlína 02.12.10, Jirková Pavlína 03.12.10, Bubík Miroslav 23.10.12, Vajskebrová Markéta 19.11.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2367 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2367.

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