General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Olomouc
Cadastre: Mladeč
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1444, 14443
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2200

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moravosilesian Devonian and Cuilm, karst caves. Large system of the Mladeč Caves in the Devonian limestones. Only part of this system has been surveyed, its part is accessible for public. Dripstone decoration. Unique finds of relics of so called Mladeč man belonging to the Auirignacien Culture. Locality of the European importance from karstological, paleontological and archaeological viewpoints.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geology, geomorphology, structural geology, history, sedimentology, paleontology, botany
Geological phenomenon: karst, incrustation, karst cave, concretion , krast pit, river terrace, fluvial terrace, slickenside, fold, bed, fossils fauna, fossils-flora
Genesis: aquatic (water activity), anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary, weathering
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature monument in Protected landscape area
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)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Litovelské Pomoraví
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining

References

Šafář J. a kol.(2003): Olomoucko. In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek VI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str. 392 - 393, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 22.10.08
Updated by: Otava Jiří 03.11.08, Kukal Zdeněk 29.10.12, Vajskebrová Markéta 14.04.16

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2200 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2200.

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