General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Vyškov
Cadastre: Němčany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2443, 24432
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - southern and central part
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: sand pit
ID : 626

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old gravel and sand pit. It exposes largest frost wedge in the Czechia known so far. This frost wedge cuts sands of the Badenian age and is 6.5 metres deep.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - West Carpathiqan Quaternary
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geomorphology, geology
Geological phenomenon: permafrost wedge
Genesis: frost weathering
Rock: sand, loess loam

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: vegetation, ground instability, tourism

References

Bertran, P., Andrieux, E., Antoine, P., Coutard, S., Deschodt, L., Gardère, P., Hernandez, M., Legentil, C., Lenoble, A., Liard, M., Mercier, N., Moine, O., Sitzia, L., Van Vliet-Lanoë, B. (2014): Distribution and chronology of Pleistocene permafrost features in France: database and first results. – Boreas, 43, 699–711. Czudek, T. (1988): Periglacial phenomena in the Environs of Slavkov near Brno (Czechoslovakia). – Sborník Čsl. spol. země-pisné, sv. 73, 3, 248. Praha. Czudek, T. (1997): Reliéf Moravy a Slezska v kvartéru. – Sursum, Tišnov, 213 str. Křížek, M., Uxa, T., Krause, D., Vohradský, L. (2018): Spatial distribution of ice-wedge pseudomorphs in the Czech Republic. In 5th European Conference on Permafrost, Book of Abstracts. – In: Deline, P., Bodin, X., Ravanel, L. (eds): Laboratoire Edytem, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, Chamonix Mont-Blanc, 103–104. Rubín, J., Balatka B., Ložek, V., Malkovský, M., Pilous, V., Vítek, J. (1986): Atlas skalních, zemních a půdních tvarů. – Academia Praha. 385 str.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Czudek Tadeáš, 29.11.93
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 01.06.09, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 05.11.09, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 21.04.21, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 05.05.21, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 05.05.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 626 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/626.

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