Hněvotín
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Olomoucký kraj
District (town):
Olomouc
Village:
Hněvotín
Cadastre:
Hněvotín
Map sheets:
24-22 Olomouc, 24-224 Olomouc
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
1927
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Moravian Palaeozoic. Abandoned quarry exposing a contact of the Devonian and Culm. Devonian limestones are dolomitic. Culm is represented by greenish greyish clayey shales and some greywackes. This contact between mentioned two units is of overthrust character. This locality should be protected.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum;
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum > Pre-flash Units > Drahany facial development
Stratigraphy:
Devonian, Visean (Middle Mississippian)
Subject:
structural geology, sedimentology, petrology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
clayey shale, limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal, vegetation
References
- Hrubeš M. a kolektiv autorů, 2007: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 24224 Olomouc.- Český geologický ústav Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Martin Hrubeš, 16.02.2004, J. Zapletal, 16.02.2004
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 16.02.2005, Otava Jiří, 05.11.2011, Kukal Zdeněk, 20.11.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 13.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1927 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1927.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
poor
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz