General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Suchdol
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2423, 24233
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 753

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Swallow hole with a bottom covered by sandstones. The cave enables the corelation of limestone and siliciclastic horizons. Limestones exhibit common clay sutures and stromatactis textures. They can be compared with a Čelechovice cycle. Stratigraphically and geomorphologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon - střední devon - givet
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology, paleontology, stratigraphy, petrology
Geological phenomenon: sinkhole, swallow hole, karst
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, 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: without conflicts

References

Audy, I. - Hladil, J. - Hypr, D. (1988): Geologické a speleologické zhodnocení lokality Kamenný ponor. - MS ZO ČSS, 6-17, Topas Brno.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Otava Jiří, 15.11.94
Updated by: Otava Jiří 05.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 753 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/753.

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