Pouzdřany, stará cihelna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Břeclav
Village:
Pouzdřany
Cadastre:
Pouzdřany
Map sheets:
34-12 Pohořelice, 34-122 Pohořelice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
loam pit
ID:
1140
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old brickyard exposing Pleistocene loess complex with some buried soil horizons. Bedrock consists of sediments of the Křepice Beds. This locality was selected as a type locality of the Křepice Beds of the Pouzdřany Unit. Stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes > Pouzdřany Unit
Stratigraphy:
Ottnangian
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, bed, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sand, siltstone, clay
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Cicha, I. - Chmelík, F. - Pícha, F. - Stráník, Z. (1965): Eine neue tektonische Einheit der Äusseren Karpaten in Südmähren. - Geol. Práce, Zprávy, 36, 85 - 104. Bratislava. Krhovský, J. - Bubík, M. - Hamršmíd, B. - Šťastný, M. (1995): Lower Miocene of the Pouzdřany unit, the West Carpathian Flysch Belt, Southern Moravia. - Knihovnička ZPN, 16, 73 - 83. Hodonín.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Miroslav Bubík, 28.06.2001
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1140 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1140.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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