General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Hodonín
Cadastre: Čejč
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3421, 34212
Geological region: Pouzdřany, Ždánice & Zdounky units; Rača unit of the Chřiby Mts.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 683

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry with outcrops of coase-grained sediments which form irregular bodies in a pelitic Submenilitic Formation. Coarse clastics contain microfauna. They belong straigraphically to the Middle up to Upper Eocene (?). Sedimentologically, paleontologically and stratigaphically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes, Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - jura, kenozoikum - paleogén - eocén - střední eocén
Subject: paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, geology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, conglomerate

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

Menčík, E. et al. (1968): Contact between the Bohemian Massif and the Carpathians. - Kurdějov - Holý vrch - Ždánice unit. Pícha, F - Hanzlíková, E. - Cicha, I. (1968): Geologie čejčsko - zaječské zony. - Sbor. geol. Věd, Geol., 13, 37-74. Praha. Stráník, Z. et al. (1982): Základní geologická mapa 1:25 000 a vysvětlivky, list 34-213 Hustopeče. - Archiv ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Stráník Zdeněk, 25.11.92

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 683 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/683.

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