General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Olomouc
Cadastre: Medlov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1444, 14444
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Technical object: guarry
ID : 913

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned and partly recultivated quarries. One of the outcrops of the Vrbno Group west of Uničov town. Petrologically interesting locality, also source of geophysical anomalies.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: petrology, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: conglomerate

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: waste disposal

References

Vybíral, J. (1962): Geologické poměry a problematika devonu v jižní části desenské klenby. MS Geofond Praha. Koverdynský, B. (1970): Geologické poměry a problematika devonu v jižní části desenské klenby. - Kandidátská disertační práce MS ČGU Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Koverdynský Bohdan, 01.12.93
Updated by: Pecina Vratislav 06.06.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 913 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/913.

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