General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Šlapanice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2443, 24431
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - southern and central part
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object: loam pit
ID : 3698

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The active clay pit. This pit workings have several levels and during rain periods its lowermost part is flooded. The bluegreyish massive silty clay is exploited with some gypsum of secondary origin. Described clays are covered by 1,0 -2,5 m thick layer of sands and gravelly sands of Pleistocene age. All this is covered by a loess coating. There is a long list of the Lower Badenian fauna which evidences deep sea depositional environment. The locality belongs to the southern part of the Carpathian Foredeep.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Carpathian foredeep - Southern part of Carpathian foredeep
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - střední miocén - baden - spodní baden (morav)
Subject: geology, quaternary geology, economic geology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: clay, loess

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: exploitation, waste disposal

References

BERGGREN, W. A. – KENT, D. V. – SWISHER, C. C., III. – AUBRY, M.-P. (1995): A revised Cenozoic geochronology and chronostratigraphy. SEPM (Society of Sedimentary Geology), Spec. Publ. 54, 129–212.; Tomanová Petrová P. et al. (2013): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 24-431 Šlapanice . Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 10.09.13
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 26.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3698 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3698.

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