General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Oslavany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2434, 24341
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous and Tertiary of the Boskovice Ffurrow; Orlice Basin
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3340

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Boskovice Graben, Permocarboniferous, volcanics. Shallow erosional gully exposing a vein of andesitic basalt cutting Permian reddish and brownish claystones, siltstones and fine grained sandstones. Andesite consists mostly of plagioclases and secondary minerals (chlorite, epidote). Secondary voids filled by calcite are abundant.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Late Palaeozoicum of furrows
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - perm - spodní perm
Subject: geology
Geological phenomenon: dyke, ripple marks
Genesis: magmatic, sedimentary
Rock: basalt, siltstone, claystone

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: without conflicts

References

Buriánek et al. (2011): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1: 25 000, 24-341 Oslavany. – ČGS Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gilíková Helena, 26.10.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3340 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3340.

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