Sloupské údolí - polje
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Blansko
Village:
Ostrov u Macochy, Vavřinec, Sloup
Cadastre:
Sloup v Moravském krasu, Ostrov u Macochy, Vavřinec na Moravě
Map sheets:
24-23 Protivanov, 24-233 Ostrov u M.
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1280
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Semi-blind karst valley which developed along the contact between the Devonian limestones and the granitoids of the Brno Massif. It could be called marginal polje. Very instructive karst locality. This locality is registered as Nature Reserve in the Protected Landscape Area Moravský kras - the Moravian Karst.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Quaternary > Quaternary of erosional areas of Bohemian Massif;
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum > Pre-flash Units > Moravian karst
Stratigraphy:
Quaternary, Frasnian
Subject:
geomorphology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
karst, cliff, abyss, swallow hole
Genesis:
sedimentary, aquatic (water activity), anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
gravel-sand, limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Moravský kras
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 2070 (Sloupsko-šošůvské jeskyně)
Conflicts of interests:
tourism
References
- Kříž J., 2000: Lower Palaeozoic, Upper Cretaceous and Quaternary of Bohemia. - Excursion guidebook, European Assotiation for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage, June 1st - June 9th, str. 40. Praha.
- Baldík, V. et al. (2016): Vysvětlivky k základním geologickým mapám České republiky 1 : 25 000 24-233 Ostrov u Macochy. MS Archiv České geologické služby
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiřina Dašková, 29.11.2001
Updated by:
Otava Jiří, 05.11.2011, Gürtlerová Pavla, 04.10.2017, Kukal Zdeněk, 12.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1280 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1280.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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