General Characteristics

County (administration): Zlín Region
District (town): Kroměříž
Cadastre: Chvalčov, Bystřice p.Hostýnem
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2514, 25143
Geological region: Fore-Magura, Rača (E from the Napajedla gateway), Bystrica & Bílé Karpaty units
Technical object: guarry
ID : 707

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Active quarry with outcrops of a type locality of the new stratigraphic unit - the Chvaletice Formation. It represents the youngest Oligocene member of the Pre-Magura Unit of the Outer flysch belt. Stratigraphically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology

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: reclamation, waste disposal

References

Presl, V. et al. (1981): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1 : 25 000 list 25-143 Bystřice pod Hostýnem. - MS Archiv ČGÚ. Presl, V. - Hanzlíková, E. (1983): Chvalčov-Schichten - ein neues Formationsglied der Vor-Magura Einheit. - Věst. Ústř. Úst. geol., 58, 5, 263-274. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Krejčí Oldřich, 30.10.93

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 707 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/707.

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