General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Frýdek-Místek
Cadastre: Bílá
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2524, 25241
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 672

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Active quarry with outcops of the Istebná Formation (Campanian-Lower Pliocene) of the Godula Development of the Silesian Unit. Sediments represent mainly proximal turbidites and fluxoturbidites. Sedimentologically interesting site.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - maastricht
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: bedding
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, claystone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Beskydy
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining

References

Menčík, E. et al. (1983): Geologie Moravskoslezských Beskyd a Podbeskydské pahorkatiny. - Ústřední ústav geologický, Praha, 1-304.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Eliáš Mojmír, 17.11.93
Updated by: Bubík Miroslav 25.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 672 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/672.

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