General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Břeclav
Cadastre: Mikulov na Moravě
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3414, 34142
Geological region: Pouzdřany, Ždánice & Zdounky units; Rača unit of the Chřiby Mts.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3077

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: West Carpathians, limestone cliff. Separate outcrop with adjacent abandoned quarry, erosional relic of a limestone klippen belt. The Ernstbrunn Limestone is bioclastic, brecciated, of the Tithonian up to Hauterivian age. This cliff together with surrounding ones represents part of a klippen belt separated from underlying rocks and emplaced into overlying nappe. Interesting calciphile vegetation. This locality is protected as a Nature Monument in the Protected Landscape Area.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Klippen zone - Kopanice development
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - jura
Subject: geology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument in Protected landscape area
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 )
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Pálava
Conflicts of interests: tourism

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.757 Praha.; Čtyroký, P. et al. (1985): Základní geologická mapa 1:25 000, list 34-142 Mikulov. - ČGÚ Praha. Čtyroký, P. et al. (1990):Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25 000 a vysvětlivky, list 34-142 Mikulov. - ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 18.02.10
Updated by: Novotný Roman 28.10.12, Kukal Zdeněk 27.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3077 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3077.

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