General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Hostěnice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2441, 24411
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 3718

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Sedimentological and tectonic phenomena within the Račice Conglomerate Member of the Myslejovice Formation, Drahany Culmian. Greywackes pass into conglomerates and their layers show positive gradation.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon - spodní karbon - kulm - visé
Subject: structural geology, sedimentology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: erosion, slickenside, fault, bedding
Genesis: sedimentary, tectonic
Rock: greywacke, conglomerate

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: without conflicts

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: 3718 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3718.

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