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: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3916

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: There are specific spheroidal concretions of calcareous sandstone developed at the interbedding cavities of sandstone in a limestone sequence. 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
Subject: lithology, mineralogy, petrology, paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: concretion , karst, canyon, mineral, gully, bed, fossils fauna
Genesis: chemogenetic, sedimentary
Rock: limestone, 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.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Otava Jiří, 14.04.16
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 20.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3916 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3916.

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