General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Žernůvka
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2432, 24321
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 778

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops on a rocky ridge. Deformed and slightly metamorphosed quartzose conglomerates of the Závist Group of the Květnice Palaeozoic development. Complicated tectonic deformation of conglomerates. Tectonically instructive outcrop. 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, paleozoikum - devon - spodní devon
Subject: stratigraphy, petrology, structural geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: horizontal section
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary, tectonic
Rock: conglomerate, quartzite

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: without conflicts

References

Plášil, M. (1977): Deformační analýza křemenných valounů devonských konglomerátů v jižní části závistské jednotky v jádře svratecké klenby. - MS PŘF UK Praha. Dvořák, J. (1998): Lower Devonian Basal Clastics - Old Red Formation, Southern Moravia, Czech Republic. - Věst. Čes. geol. Úst., 73, 4, 271-279. Praha. Hanžl P. a kolektiv autorů, 2001: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 24321 Tišnov.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hanžl Pavel,Gilíková Helena,Vít Jan,Otava Jiří, 03.11.94
Updated by: Otava Jiří 05.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 12.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 778 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/778.

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