General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Vilémovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2423, 24233
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 732

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Road cut exposing a section of high-purity limestones of upper parts of the Vilémovice Limestone of Macocha Formation (Frasnian, Upper Devonian). Limestones are rich in coral fauna. Important stratigraphical locality. The relation cleavage x bedding is exposed in the wall. Limestones are karstified. The locality belongs to the Protected Landscape Area Moravský kras - the Moravian Karst.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon - svrchní devon - frasn
Subject: geomorphology, stratigraphy, paleontology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: karst, horizontal section, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary, organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests: road construction

References

Musil, R. et al. (1993): Moravský kras, labyrint poznání. - Adamov.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dvořák Jaroslav, 22.11.93
Updated by: Otava Jiří 05.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 06.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 732 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/732.

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