General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-město
Cadastre: Maloměřice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2441, 24413
Geological region: Brno agglomeration, Tišnov &Kuřim basins
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3273

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Transgression of Jurassic (Oxfordian) platform carbonates over folded Tournaisian calciturbidites. Shallow-water bioclastic limestones are fossiliferous, silicified limestones with cherts are of deep water origin. This locality is recommended for protection.
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: mezozoikum - jura, paleozoikum - karbon - spodní karbon - kulm - tournai
Subject: geology, lithology, paleontology, sedimentology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: transgression, fold, karst cave
Genesis: sedimentary, tectonic
Rock: limestone, shale, marlstone, breccia

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: ground instability, reclamation

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.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gilíková Helena, 01.11.10
Updated by: Gilíková Helena 14.01.11, Otava Jiří 05.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 18.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3273 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3273.

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