General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Suchdol v Moravském krasu
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2423, 24233
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3915

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The site includes fold in fosiliferous (Hillaepora sp.) eifelian-givetian limestones of the Macocha formation, another fold in Devonian clastics and a travertine cone with pleistocene malakofauna. This locality is classified as a National Nature Reserve 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 - střední devon - eifel
Subject: geology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, quaternary geology, lithology, paleontology, sedimentology, petrology, stratigraphy, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, deformation fabrics, outwash fan, stratigraphic boundary, karst cave, river channel, karst, lithological boundary, spring, river source, horizontal section, rock schelter, fossils fauna, exsurgence
Genesis: aquatic (water activity), chemogenetic, sedimentary, tectonic, organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock: limestone, travertine, sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests: tourism

References

Baldík, V. et al. (2016): Vysvětlivky k základním geologickým mapám České republiky 1 : 25 000 24-233 Ostrov u Macochy. MS Archiv České geologické služby. Vašátko, J.,- Ložek, v. (1972): Molusken des Dauchlagers von Pustá žleb - Štajgrovka im Moravský kras. Zprávy Geogr. ústavu ČSAV, 9, 8, 15-26. Brno

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Otava Jiří, 14.04.16
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 03.10.17, Kukal Zdeněk 20.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3915 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3915.

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