Žeravice - jv.
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Hodonín
Village:
Žeravice
Cadastre:
Žeravice u Kyjova
Map sheets:
34-22 Hodonín, 34-222 Vracov
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
2287
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Vienna Basin, Neogene and Quaternary. Road cut exhibiting 6 m thick section of micaceous silty sands of the Pannonian C-D biozone and overlying loess deposited on leeward side of a slope. This loess is sandy in some layers, calcareous, with malacofauna. It is covered by soil horizon. This soil horizon is separated from underlying loess by an erosion surface.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Quaternary > Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif;
Carpathians > Vienna Basin > Neogene of Lower Moravian Vale
Stratigraphy:
Neogene, Quaternary
Subject:
stratigraphy, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon:
fosil soil
Genesis:
aeolian (wind activity)
Rock:
loess, sand
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Novák Zd. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 34222 Vracov.- Český geologický ústav Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Miroslav Bubík, 20.08.2004, Eva Břízová, 20.08.2004, Pavel Havlíček, 20.08.2004, Z. Novák, 20.08.2004, Pavla Petrová, 20.08.2004
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 16.11.2004, Havlíček Pavel, 04.09.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 22.10.2012, Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 16.08.2016
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2287 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2287.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
poor
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