Kyjov
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Hodonín
Village:
Kyjov
Cadastre:
Kyjov
Map sheets:
34-22 Hodonín, 34-221 Kyjov
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
loam pit
ID:
1148
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old brickyard with outcrops of greenish clays of the Bzenec Formation. They are overlain by sands and fine-grained gravel with local accumulation of bivalve shells. Stratigraphically and paleontologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Vienna Basin > Neogene of Lower Moravian Vale
Stratigraphy:
Neogene
Subject:
paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sand
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
private property, waste disposal
References
- Schinzelová, E. (1998): Paleontologická charakteristika a stratigrafické zařazení méně známých lokalit na Hodonínsku. - Geologické výzkumy na Moravě a ve Slezsku v roce 1997, 35 - 39. Brno.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Miroslav Bubík, 29.06.2001
Updated by:
Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 25.09.2012, Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 16.08.2016
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1148 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1148.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
poor
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