General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Němčičky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2434, 24343
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - southern and central part
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 624

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops in old cellars. Three metres thick layer of fine-grained sands with a bivalve coquina is exposed. In calcareous concretions there is a typical bivalve fauna. Selected as a faciostratotype of the Rzehakia Beds.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Marine Tertiary relics (Carpathian Neogene on Bohemian Massif)
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - spodní miocén - ottnang
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: bedding, fossils fauna, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand, gravel

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: private property, vegetation

References

Čtyroký, P. (1972): Die Molluskenfauna der Rzehakia (Oncophora) Schichten Mährens. - Ann. Nat. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 76, 41-141. Wien. Papp, A. - Rogl, F. - Seneš, J. et al. (1973): M2 Ottangien. Die Innviertler, Salgotarjaner, Bantapustaer Schichtengruppe und die Rzehakia Schichten. - Chronostratigraphie und Neostratotypen, 3. Bratislava. Rzehak, A. (1902): Neue Entdeckungen im Gebiete des mahrischen Miozens. - Z. Mahr. Landesmus, 2, 1/2, 175-182. Brno.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čtyroký Pavel, 30.11.93
Updated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla 30.10.03, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 16.11.11, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 07.04.22

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 624 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/624.

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