General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Břeclav
Cadastre: Kurdějov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3421, 34211
Geological region: Pouzdřany, Ždánice & Zdounky units; Rača unit of the Chřiby Mts.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 682

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry with outcrops of sandstones and conglomerates. They form irregular bodies in the pelitic Submenilitic Formation. Sandstone layers possesss graded bedding. Sometimes they are calcareous and pass into bioclastic limestones. Some horizons are highly fossiliferous with rich macrofauna. Paleontologically and stratigaphically important site.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - paleogén - eocén - svrchní eocén
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: bed, fold
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, conglomerate, claystone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
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: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: private property

References

Batík, P. (1971): Geologie Ždánického příkrovu mezi Nikolčicemi a Bořeticemi. - Sbor. geol. Věd., Geol., 21, 157-179. Praha. Cicha, I. - Chmelík, F. - Pícha, F. - Stráník, Z. (1964): Ubersicht über den heutigen Stand der Forschungen in der Molasse zone Ždánicer und Pouzdřany Einheit Süd Mahrens. - Mitt. Geol. Gesel. Wien, 56, 2, 445-501. Wien. Menčík, E. et al. (1968): Contact between the Bohemian Massif and the Carpathians. - Kurdějov - Holý vrch - Ždánice unit. Stráník, Z. et al. (1978): Základní geologická mapa 1:25 000 a vysvětlivky, list 34-211 Štibořice. - Archiv ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Stráník Zdeněk, 25.11.93

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 682 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/682.

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