Lažany - pískovna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Blansko
Village:
Lažany
Cadastre:
Lažany
Map sheets:
24-32 Brno, 24-322 Blansko
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
2242
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Carpathian FOredeep, Neogene, Quaternary. Sand pit. Sequence of coarse grained sands and gravels of fluvial, partly possibly of fluviolacustrine origin. Clasts are mostly of quartz. Current bedding and associated structures evidence this type of origin. Deposits are of the Ottnagnian age.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Terrestric Tertiary relics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
stratigraphy, petrology, sedimentology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
river channel, bedding
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sand, gravel, clay
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
private property
References
- Hanžl P. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 24322 Blansko.- Český geologický ústav Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavel Hanžl, 07.07.2004, Jiří Otava, 07.07.2004, Jan Vít, 07.07.2004
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 10.02.2005, Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 28.09.2011, Kukal Zdeněk, 01.11.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2242 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2242.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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