General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Vavřinec na Moravě
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2423, 24233
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3918

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry in tectonized middle Devonian limestones of the Moravian Karst. Sandstones accompanying the limestones are locally folded. Limestone cavities contain locally fossil terra rossa. This locality is situated 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: kenozoikum - kvartér - pleistocén, paleozoikum - devon - střední devon - eifel
Subject: lithology, stratigraphy, structural geology, mining and mining impacts, petrology
Geological phenomenon: fosil soil, karst cave, cliff
Genesis: tectonic, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary
Rock: soil, topsoil, limestone, sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

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.; Marhanský, T.(2014): Násunová stavba na styku brněnského masivu a paleozoických sediemntů severní části Moravského krasu.- MS, dipl. práce, 48s.Ustav geologických věd PřF MU Brno.

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: 3918 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3918.

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