General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Hodonín
Cadastre: Čejkovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3421, 34214
Geological region: Neogene of the Vienna Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: loam pit
ID : 646

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old brickyard with a series of sandy loam and yellowish loess. This loess is underlain by clayey sands and siltstones of the Lower Pannonian age. Finds of fossil fauna (genera Congeria, Melanopsis). Stratigraphically and paleontologically important locality. The locality is recommended for protection.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Vienna Basin - Vienna Basin (Moravian part)
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén
Subject: geology, paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand, silt, loess, loam

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: reclamation

References

Čtyroký, P. et al. (1992): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1:25 000, 34-214 Čejkovice. - Český geologický ústav Praha , M. (1870): Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiarbeckens von Wien. II. Bivalven. - Abh. k. k. geol. Reichsanst., 4, 1-479. Wien.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čtyroký Pavel, 03.12.93
Updated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla 25.09.12, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 16.08.16, Kukal Zdeněk 22.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 646 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-07]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/646.

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