General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Přerov
Cadastre: Dolní Nětčice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2514, 25141
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - northern part
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: sand pit
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 639

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old sand pit. In its lower parts gravel occurs covering tilted Culm beds. They are overlain by calcareous sands with a typical brachiopods and oysters. This locality represents the only occurrence of litoral sediments of Karpatian age in the Northern Moravia.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Marine Tertiary relics (Carpathian Neogene on Bohemian Massif)
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén), kenozoikum - neogén - miocén - spodní miocén - karpat
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna
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: estates, road construction

References

Čtyroký, P. - Fejfar, O. (1963): Fauna písků a pískovců karpatské formace u Dolních Nětčic v Karpatské čelní hlubině. - Geol. práce, Zprávy 27, 143-168. Bratislava.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čtyroký Pavel, 30.11.93
Updated by: Otava Jiří 04.11.11, Otava Jiří 14.08.15

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 639 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/639.

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