General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Břeclav
Cadastre: Velké Bílovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3421, 34214
Geological region: Neogene of the Vienna Basin
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 647

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops on a slope. Exposures of fine-grained sands of the Sarmatian age with abundant bivalve fauna. Stratigraphically and paleontologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Vienna Basin - Vienna Basin (Moravian part)
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - neogén
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand

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: private property

References

Čtyroký, P. et al. (1992): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1:25 000, 34-214 Čejkovice. - Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čtyroký Pavel, 30.11.93
Updated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla 25.09.12, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 16.08.16

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 647 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-07]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/647.

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