General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-město
Cadastre: Kníníčky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2432, 24324
Geological region: Letovice, Krhovice, Nectava and Svinov-Vranová crystalline complexes; Moravicum; crystalline complex of Miroslav horst; Brunovistulicum
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3294

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Terrace gravels a and eolian-colluvial sediments
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér - pleistocén - střední pleistocén
Subject: sedimentology, stratigraphy, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: river terrace, fluvial terrace
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity), aquatic (water activity)
Rock: loess, gravel, diorite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: tourism, ground instability

References

Hanžl P. et al., 2011: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 24324, Brno sever.- Český geologický ústav Praha; Balatka B., Sládek J. (1958):Vývoj výzkumu říčních teras v Českých zemích, Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pecka Tomáš, 02.06.11
Updated by: Hanžl Pavel 06.10.11, Vít Jan 25.06.14

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3294 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3294.

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