General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Nový Jičín
Cadastre: Jeseník nad Odrou - Hůrka
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2512, 25124
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: sand pit
ID : 4308

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Glacifluvial gravel and sand covered by loess loam are exposed in abandoned sandpit. Gravel and sand were deposited by melting water after the Saale Glaciation in the middle Pleistocene. Pebbles of nordic rocks rarely occur.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - West Carpathiqan Quaternary
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér - pleistocén
Subject: quaternary geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: glacigenic (glacier activity), aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: gravel, loess loam

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
Part of the Geopark: Podbeskydí
Conflicts of interests: vegetation

References

Bubík et al. (2022): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1: 25 000, list 25-124 Starý Jičín, Archiv České geologické služby, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 12.04.22
Updated by: Bubík Miroslav 14.10.22

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4308 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/4308.

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