General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Břeclav
Cadastre: Mikulov na Moravě
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3423, 34231
Geological region: Neogene of the Vienna Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3078

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Vienna Basin, Moravian part. A ridge partly covered by loess. On the ridge summit abandoned sand pit occurs where sands, calcareous sands and bioclastic fossiliferous limestones are exposed. These sediments stratigraphically belong to the Middle and Upper Badenian. In sands numerous fossils were found and studied, also shark teeth were described from this locality. This locality is classified as a Nature Monument and situated in the Protected Landscape Area Pálava.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Vienna Basin - Vienna Basin (Moravian part)
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - střední miocén - baden, kenozoikum - kvartér - pleistocén - svrchní pleistocén
Subject: paleontology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand, sandstone, limestone, loess

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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Pálava
Conflicts of interests: others human activity

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.755 Praha.; Brzobohatý, R. - Nolf, D. - Kroupa, O. (2007): Fish Otoliths from the Middle Miocene of Kienberg at Mikulov, Czech Republic, Vienna Basin: their paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic signifikance. - Bulletin de LInstitut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 77, 167-196.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 18.02.10
Updated by: Novotný Roman 28.10.12, Kukal Zdeněk 22.12.17, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 04.12.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3078 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3078.

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