General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Přerov
Cadastre: Tučín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2513, 25132
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - northern part
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 638

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry with outcrops of travertines of the Middle Pleistocene age. Massive types were exploited and used as natural stone for decoration purposes. Massive travertine passes into a loose calcareous tufa. The travertine is overlain by decalcified soil of terra fusca type.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of denudation areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér - pleistocén
Subject: geology, paleontology, petrology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, incrustation, characteristic rock, mineral
Genesis: chemogenetic, sedimentary
Rock: travertine

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: without conflicts

References

Vaňura, J. (1943): Sintrové výlitky mozkoven pleistocenních lišek ledních z travertinů v Tučíně u Přerova a geologické poměry této lokality. - Rozpravy II. tř. České akademie, LII (1942), 19, 1-30. Praha. Ložek, V. - Tyráček, J. (1958): Stratigrafický výzkum travertinu v Tučíně u Přerova. - Anthropozoikum VII, 261-286. Praha. Kheil, J. (1965): Pleistocénní ostrakodi z travertinu v Tučíně u Přerova. - Věst. Ústř. úst. geol., 40, 6, 409-417. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tyráček Jaroslav, 29.11.93
Updated by: Vít Jan 18.05.11, Vít Jan 03.11.11, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 21.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 638 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/638.

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