General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Znojmo
Cadastre: Chvalovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3413, 34131
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - southern and central part
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 4100

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Trench in a slope formed by sharp drop of a wine vault. Clayey sands of the Eggenburg age crop out in the wall. Some interlayers consist of calcareous silts. They contain some foraminifers and sponge spicules. Sands and silts are covered by Quaternary fluvial gravel. The locality is situated in the Carpathian Foredeep.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Carpathian foredeep - Southern part of Carpathian foredeep
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - spodní miocén - eggenburg
Subject: geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: others human activity

References

Batík, P. a Čtyroký, P. et al. (1990): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000 34-131 list Šatov. - ÚÚG Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 08.11.17
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 20.02.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4100 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-07]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/4100.

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