General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Mokrá u Brna
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2441, 24413
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 739

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Karst cave in light grey Vilémovice Limestone of the Macocha Formation (Frasnian, Upper Devonian). Cave filled with gravel of unknown age. Overlying loamy fill yielded important Pleistocene archeological remains.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon, kenozoikum - neogén
Subject: archeology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, geology, hydrogeology, quaternary geology, paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave, rock chimney, bed, fossils fauna, cliff, river terrace, fluvial terrace, fault
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), aquatic (water activity), sedimentary, gravitational
Rock: limestone, gravel-sand

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature monument in Protected landscape area
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: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining, tourism

References

Musil, R. et al. (1993): Moravský kras, labyrint poznání. - Adamov.;Gilíková H. et al. (2010): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1:25 000, 24-413 Mokrá-Horákov. – MS Čes. geol. služ. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dvořák Jaroslav, 22.11.93
Updated by: Otava Jiří 03.11.08, Otava Jiří 14.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 739 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/739.

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