General Characteristics

County (administration): Zlín Region
District (town): Vsetín
Cadastre: Vidče
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2523, 25233
Geological region: Fore-Magura, Rača (E from the Napajedla gateway), Bystrica & Bílé Karpaty units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3431

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Up to 10 m thick turbidite sandstone banks exposed in the abandoned quarries enclose the spherical sandstone bodies up to 2 m in diameter. They are product of diagenesis and can be classified as concretions. The sandstones are part of Paleocene Soláň Formation (Rača Unit of the Magura Group of Nappes). This locality is situated in the Protected Landscape Area Beskydy.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Magurian group of nappes
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - paleogén - paleocén
Subject: petrology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: concretion
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, claystone, siltstone, conglomerate

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Beskydy
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Bubík M.et al. (2008): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 25- 233 Valašská Bystřice. Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 17.02.12
Updated by: Bubík Miroslav 27.02.12, Kukal Zdeněk 29.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3431 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3431.

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