General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Jedovnice
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 : 3713

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Type locality of tectonic and paleokarst contact of the Macocha and Líšeň Formations, lithotypes of the Vilémovice limestone, Křtiny limestone, limestone breccia with phosphorites etc. The limestones are overlain by Culmian clayey shales a rhythmites. This locality is situated in the Protected Landscape Area Moravský kras - the Moravian Karst.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon - svrchní devon - frasn, paleozoikum - devon - svrchní devon - famen
Subject: geology, geomorphology, lithology, paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: deformation fabrics, unconformity, karst, lithological boundary, rock, fold, fossils fauna
Genesis: chemogenetic, sedimentary, organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock: breccia, limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests: private property

References

Otava et al. (in prep.): Vysvětlující text k základní geologické= mapě 1:25 000 Jedovnice 24-411

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Otava Jiří, 23.09.13
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 19.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3713 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3713.

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