General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Znojmo
Cadastre: Znojmo
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3413, 34132
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - southern and central part
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 630

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Road cut with an outcrop of eolian and deluvioeolian sediments 10-12 m thick. This section contains five horizons of buried soils. These sediments lie on Pleistocene fluvial deposits. Sedimentologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - West Carpathiqan Quaternary
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geology, petrology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: fosil soil
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: loess

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: private property

References

Smolíková, L.-Zeman, A. (1979): Fossilboden im Profil von Sedlešovice und ihne Beziehung den Flussablagerungen. - Věst. Ústř. Úst. Geol., 54, 4, 215-224. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Havlíček Pavel, 29.11.93
Updated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla 30.10.03, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 03.08.16

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 630 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/630.

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