General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Hodonín
Cadastre: Čejkovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3421, 34214
Geological region: Neogene of the Vienna Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2482

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Vienna Basin, Quaternary. Artificial road cut exposing loess section. Loesses with variable carbonate content alternate with fossil soils in different stage of development. Very instructive section which was studied in detail (including micropedologic investigation).
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Vienna Basin - Vienna Basin (Moravian part), Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén, kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: fosil soil
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: loess

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts, others human activity

References

Havlíček P., Smolíková L., Vachek M., 2002: Významný sprašový profil u Čejkovic na jižní Moravě.- Zprávy o geologických výzkumech v roce 2001.ČGS Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Havlíček Pavel, 31.12.02
Updated by: Havlíček Pavel 04.09.12, Kukal Zdeněk 15.10.12, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 16.08.16

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2482 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2482.

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