General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Křtiny
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2441, 24411
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 750

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned vegetated quarry. Outcrop of nearly whole sequence of multicoloured nodular Křtiny Limestone belonging to the Líšeň Formation (Famennian and Lower Tournaisian). Limestones yielded important conodont fauna for a stratigraphical correlation. This locality is recommended for protection.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon - svrchní devon, paleozoikum - devon - svrchní devon - famen
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary, tectonic
Rock: limestone

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: open cast mining

References

Musil, R. et al. (1993): Moravský kras, labyrinty poznání. - Adamov.; Otava, J. et al (in prep 2013): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25000 list Jedovnice 24-411.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dvořák Jaroslav, 22.11.93
Updated by: Otava Jiří 04.11.11, Gürtlerová Pavla 20.09.13, Kukal Zdeněk 12.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 750 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/750.

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