General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Nový Jičín
Cadastre: Veřovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2523, 25231
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 652

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcop represents the type locality of the Veřovice Formation (Aptian) of the Godula Development of the Silesian Unit (Outer Flysch Carpathians). The black-grey non-calcareous platty claystones are stained by limonite and jarosite. The Veřovice Formation is typical black shale facies formed under dysoxic/anoxic conditions.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - spodní křída - apt
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, claystone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Beskydy
Part of the Geopark: Podbeskydí
Conflicts of interests: others human activity

References

Eliáš, M. (1970): Litologie a sedimentologie slezské jednotky v Moravskoslezských Beskydech. - Sbor. geol. Věd, Geol., 18, 7-90. Praha. Menčík, E. et al. (1983): Geologie Moravskoslezských Beskyd a Podbeskydské pahorkatiny. - 307 s., ÚÚG Praha. Presl, V. - Salaj, J. - Vass, D. (1967): Internal Geological Congress, XXIII Session Prague, Guide to Excursion 6 AC: Thy Flysch and Klippen Belts, Neogene Basins of West Carpathians. - 11 s., GÚDŠ Bratislava.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Eliáš Mojmír, 12.11.93
Updated by: Baldík Vít 09.03.12, Bubík Miroslav 25.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 652 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/652.

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