General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Frýdek-Místek
Cadastre: Karpentná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2611, 26111
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 4169

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: In steep rocky rivercut of Olše River, the uppermost part of the Vendryně Formation with the Ropica Horizon and base of the Těšín Limestone Formation is exposed. The strata belong to the Silesian Unit. The locality shows the best exposed transition of mentioned formations in Moravia.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - jura
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, archeology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: stratigraphic boundary, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone, claystone, marlstone, conglomerate

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Menčík, E. et al. (1983): Geologie Moravskoslezských Beskyd a Podbeskydské pahorkatiny. - Ústřední ústav geologický, Praha, 1-304. Vašíček, Z. (2009): Information on the Ropice Horizon in the territory of the Czech Republic (Late Jurassic, Silesian Unit of Outer Western Carpathians). Geologia (AGH), 35, 3/1, 103-104.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Bubík Miroslav, 01.11.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4169 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/4169.

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