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General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Lelekovice, Svinošice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2432, 24322
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 765

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky ridge made of vertical bed of bedded quartzose silicified conglomerates which belong to the Devonian Basal Clastic Formation (Old Red type, possibly Lower to Middle Devonian). Geomorphologically interesting locality, examples of weathering phenomena.
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
Subject: stratigraphy, geomorphology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: rock bag
Genesis: tectonic, sedimentary
Rock: conglomerate, sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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)
Conflicts of interests: tourism, sports

References

Dvořák, J. - Karásek, J. Netopil, R. (1975): Soliflukční kamenné proudy na Babím lomu u Brna. - Čas. Min. Geol., 20, 303-306. Hanžl P. - melicgar R. - Leichmann J. eds. (1999):Excursion guide of 4th Meeting of the Czech tectonic Group. Geolines, 8, 80-95.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dvořák Jaroslav, 24.11.93
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 15.02.05, Otava Jiří 03.06.11, Otava Jiří 04.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 765 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/765.

Location in map:

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Motyčková Kamila - Šír Jiří, 2009
Pohled na Brno a Pavlovské vrchy z rozhledny na Babím lomu, Pavel Hanžl, 2002
Vrcholová partie Babího lomu, skalnatý hřbet tvořený spodnodevonskými slepenci, Pavel Hanžl, 1998
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