General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Kanice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2441, 24413
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Technical object: guarry
ID : 3025

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moravosilesian Palaeozoic, Moravian Karst. Old abandoned quarry and adjacent outcrops. Two geological units crop out there, Lower Devonian multicoloured sandstones and conglomerates and overlying Devonian limestones of the Macocha Formation. Limestones are fossiliferous. The two units are locally covered by loess. Nature reserve protecting also mixed vegetation typical for rocky steppe. Type locality of stratigraphic "stachyode horizon".
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon, paleozoikum - devon - svrchní devon - frasn
Subject: petrology, paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone, conglomerate, sandstone, loess

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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

Mackovčin P., Jatiová M., Demek J., Slavík P. a kol. (2007): Brněnsko. In: Mackovčin P.(ed): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IX. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.350 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 08.04.10
Updated by: Otava Jiří 06.09.11, Otava Jiří 04.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 13.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3025 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3025.

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