General Characteristics

County (administration): Zlín Region
District (town): Vsetín
Cadastre: Prostřední Bečva
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2523, 25234
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2653

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The outcrop is a reference locality of the Istebna Formation (Rača Unit) for the geological map 1:25000. At the same time it is palaeontological locality with abundant occurrence of giant foraminifera Bathysiphon.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - maastricht
Subject: paleontology, geology
Geological phenomenon: ichnofossil, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, siltstone, pelocarbonate, claystone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Beskydy
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Bubík, M. (2007): Výsledky mapování a stratigrafických výzkumů v račanské jednotce na listu Horní Bečva. - Geol. výzk. Mor. Slez. v roce 2006, 13-16. Brno; Bubík, M. (2007): Některé méně známé a nové druhy aglutinovaných foraminifer v karpatském flyši. - Zprávy o geologických výzkumech v roce 2006, 102-106. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Bubík Miroslav, 18.01.07
Updated by: Bubík Miroslav 18.04.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2653 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2653.

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