General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Břeclav
Cadastre: Mikulov na Moravě
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3423, 34231
Geological region: Neogene of the Vienna Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: sand pit
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3770

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Badenian sands and biodetritic limestones (molluscs, algae) in the large former sand pity which belong to the Hrušky Formation, the Vienna Basin.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Vienna Basin - Vienna Basin (Moravian part)
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - střední miocén - baden
Subject: geology, sedimentology, paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, fossils-flora, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand, limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: vegetation, collection

References

Hrabovský, J. (2009): Revízia červených rias (Rodophyta) vybraných lokalit badenu Moravy. – Diplomová práce, MS PřF MU. Brno.; Tomanová Petrová, P. – Turek, T. (2016): kapitola 5. Mušlov. - In: Tomanová Petrová, P. (ed): Excurion Guide, Molasse Meeting 2016 & 18th Conference on Upper Tertiary. 34-41. Masarykova Univerzita, Ústav geologických věd. Brno.; Tomanová Petrová, P. (2015a): Pod Mušlovem, Sedimenty hrušeckého souvrství (vídeňská pánev). In Buriánek, D., Gilíková, H: Exkurzní průvodce, Otevřený kongres České geologické společnosti a Slovenskej geologickej spoločnosti, Mikulov 14.-17. 10. 2015, s. 34-36. – Masarykova Univerzita, Česká geologická společnost. Brno. ISBN 978-80-210-7979-3

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 02.05.14
Updated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla 24.06.16, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 04.12.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3770 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3770.

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