General Characteristics
County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Babice nad Svitavou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2441, 24411
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3707
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Important archaeological, palaeontological and geological locality of the Moravian Karst. A cavern in limestones with interesting phosphatic mud which was also exploited. This locality is in the Protected Landscape Are Moravský kras - the Moravian Karst.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon - střední devon - givet
Subject: archeology, geology, structural geology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: karst cave, horizontal section, bed
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone, loam
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) - Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts
References
Otava, J. et al (in prep.): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25000 list Jedovnice 24-411 Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Otava Jiří, 16.09.13
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 18.12.17 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3707 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3707. Location in map:
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