General Characteristics

County (administration): Zlín Region
District (town): Vsetín
Cadastre: Poličná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2514, 25142
Geological region: Fore-Magura, Rača (E from the Napajedla gateway), Bystrica & Bílé Karpaty units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3387

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: West Carpathians, Eocene, Račany Unit. Outcrops in a channel of the Vsetínská Bečva River. Sandstones are bedded, fine- up to medium-grained, with biogenic detritus. Sandstone layers are positively graded, with ripple bedding. Petromictic conglomerates form several layers in sandstones. Dark calcareous claystones, part of a turbidite sequence, contain nannofossils.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Magurian group of nappes
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - paleogén - eocén
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: claystone, sandstone, conglomerate

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: others human activity

References

Novotný a kol. (2011): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25000, 25-142 Valašské Meziříčí. - ČGS, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Barak Petr, 13.01.12
Updated by: Novotny Roman 27.02.12, Krejčí Oldřich 19.10.12, Kukal Zdeněk 29.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3387 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3387.

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