General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Frýdek-Místek
Cadastre: Vyšní Lhoty
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2522, 25221
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3792

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops along the Hlisník Brook in Vyšní Lhoty expose claystones, siltstones and turbiditic sandstones of the Lhoty Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Silesian Unit) at its type locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - spodní křída
Subject: stratigraphy, lithology
Geological phenomenon: stratotype, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: claystone, sandstone, siltstone, volcaniclastic deposits

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection 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) - Beskydy
Conflicts of interests: others human activity

References

Paul, C. M., Tietze, E. (1877): Studien in der Sandsteinzone der Karpathen. - Jahrbuch der K.-k. geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wien, 27, 33–130. Hanzlíková, E. (1966): Die Foraminiferen der Lhoty-Schichten. - Čas. Morav. muz., vědy přír., 51, 95 - 132.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Bubík Miroslav, 08.10.14
Updated by: Bubík Miroslav 27.11.14

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3792 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3792.

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