General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Znojmo
Cadastre: Znojmo
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3413, 34131
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - southern and central part
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object: loam pit
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 631

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Open pit exposing 8 m high face with a loess section. Several horizons of buried soils occur within this loess complex. In the lower part of this outcrop this loess passes into blown sand. This section is one of the most important Upper Pleistocene loess exposures in the SE Moravia.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - West Carpathiqan Quaternary
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geology, petrology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, outcrop
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: loess, sand, soil, topsoil

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, industry

References

Batík, P. et al. (1977): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000, list 34-131 Šatov.- MS Archiv ČGÚ Praha. Havlíček, P. a Smolíková, L. (1995): Vývoj svrchnopleistocenních eolických sedimentů ve Znojmě-Dřevařských závodech.- Vest. CGÚ, 70, 1, 67-74. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Uhlířová Ivana, 29.11.93
Updated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla 30.10.03, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 12.08.16

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 631 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/631.

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