General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Holštejn
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2423, 24233
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3926

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky outcrops of limestones stratigraphically belonging to the Vilémovice Limestone of the Macocha Beds. The limestones are overlain by the Brodek greywackes of the Protivanov Beds. The section shows Devonian and Culmian sediments. The locality belongs to Protected Landscape Area "Moravský kras - the Moravian Karst."
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon - spodní karbon - kulm, paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: stratigraphic boundary
Genesis: sedimentary, tectonic
Rock: greywacke, limestone

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.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Novotny Roman, 15.04.16
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 12.02.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3926 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3926.

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