Veverská Bítýška - údolí Svratky
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Brno-venkov
Village:
Veverská Bítýška
Cadastre:
Veverská Bítýška
Map sheets:
24-32 Brno, 24-321 Tišnov
ID:
1073
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Series of natural outcrops exposing a contact of the Bíteš Orthogneiss with basal sediments of the Boskovice Graben fill. Basal sediments consist of conglomerates with variable clast material. Sedimentologically and geologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Late Palaeozoic of grabens > Boskovice Furrow;
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Moravicum
Stratigraphy:
Carboniferous
Subject:
sedimentology, petrology, structural geology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon:
transgression
Genesis:
sedimentary, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
orthogneiss, conglomerate, sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
forestry, ground instability
References
- Havlena V.(1954): Příspěvek k otázce západního omezení Boskovické brázdy.-Věst.Ústř.Úst.geol.,29,4,159-162. Praha.
- Jaroš J.(1961): Geologický vývoj jižní části Boskovické brázdy (oblast Moravský Krumlov-Veverská Bítýška) v permokarbonu.-Práce Brněn.Zákl.Čs.Akad.Věd, 33, 12, 545-569, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jaroslav Zajíc, 02.10.1996
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 04.02.2003, Gilíková Helena, 07.11.2011
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1073 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1073.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
poor
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