General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Šumperk
Cadastre: Bludov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1441, 14414
Geological region: Pliocene - Pleistocene of the Uppermoravia Valley, Mohelnice Furrow & Holešov platform
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: sand pit
ID : 3371

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Bohemian Massif, freshwater Tertiary, Quaternary. Old abandoned sand pit. 10-15 m thick sequence of clayey and sandy gravel with prevailing quartz and gneiss pebbles up to 30 cm large. Also clayey intraclasts 30 cm large are present. Convolute bedding occurs in finer grained layers. This sequence is possibly of paleofluvial origin and represents deposits of the paleoriver Desná. Strong kaolinization of pebbles and groundmass.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Freshwater Tertiary relics
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén
Subject: geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: bedding, outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand, gravel, clay

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

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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 07.12.11
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 29.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3371 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3371.

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