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Koryto řeky Ostravice

General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Frýdek-Místek
Cadastre: Ostravice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2522, 25223
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 658

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: In the Ostravice River channel the overthrust of the Silesian Unit over the Subsilesian is well exposed. In the outcrops the Hradiště Formation (Hauterivian-Lower Aptian), the Veřovice Formation (Upper Aptian), the Lhoty Formation (Albian) and the Frýdek Formation (Campanian- Maastrichtian) can be observed. The locality is classified as Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes, Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída, mezozoikum - křída - spodní křída
Subject: geomorphology, stratigraphy, structural geology, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fault, fold, river channel
Genesis: sedimentary, tectonic
Rock: claystone, sandstone, chert, hornfels

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Eliáš, M. et al. (1973): X Congress of Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association, Guide to Excursion I. - 38 s., GÚDŠ Bratislava; Halásová, E. et al. (2012): Lower Cretaceous succession and biostratigraphy near overthrust plane of Silesian Nappe (Ostravice River Channel, Outer Western Carpathians, Czech Republic). - Bulletin of Geosciences, 87, 2, 383-406; Menčík, E. et al. (1967): Contact between the Bohemian Massif and the Carpathians, Guide to Excursion 14 AC, IGC XXIII Session Prague. - ÚÚG Praha; Menčík, E. et al. (1973): Contact of the Bohemian Massif and the west Carpathians Mts. , Guide to Excursion B, X. Congress of Carpathian - Balkan Geological Association. - GÚDŠ Bratislava; Roth, Z. et al. (1967): Unmetamorphosed Sedimentari Formations of Czechoslovakia, Guide to Excursion 2 AC, IGC XXIII Sesion Prague. - ÚÚG Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Eliáš Mojmír, 17.11.93
Updated by: Bubík Miroslav 22.10.12, Kukal Zdeněk 27.12.17, Vajskebrová Markéta 20.05.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 658 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/658.

Location in map:

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