General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-město
Cadastre: Líšeň
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2441, 24413
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: sand pit, guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3269

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Transgression of Lower Badenian sands on limestones of Macocha Formation.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Carpathian foredeep - Southern part of Carpathian foredeep, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon, kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - střední miocén - baden - spodní baden (morav)
Subject: sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: bedding, ichnofossil, fossils fauna, transgression
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone, sand

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: open cast mining

References

Gilíková H. et al. (2010): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1:25 000, 24-413 Mokrá-Horákov. – MS Čes. geol. služ. Praha.; Mikuláš, R. (2004): Bioerosion in the geologic record of the Czech Republic. Field trip guide for the pre-conference excursion. 4th International Bioerosion Workshop, August 22-28, Czech Republic. - Institute of Geology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.; Nehyba, S. (2001): Lower Badenian coarse-grained deltas in the southern part of the Carpathian Foredeep (Czech Republic). In Abstracts of 21st Meeting of International Association of Sedimentologists. Davos : IAS, 96-97.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 25.11.10
Updated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla 05.01.11, Otava Jiří 04.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3269 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3269.

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