Meandry Lučiny
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Moravskoslezský kraj
District (town):
Ostrava-město, Karviná
Village:
Havířov, Šenov
Cadastre:
Šenov u Ostravy, Bludovice, Havířov-město
Map sheets:
15-44 Karviná, 15-443 Havířov
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
2338
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outer Group of Nappes (Menilite-Krosno), Quaternary. Nature monument protecting a flood plain with meandering Lučin River with its vegetation. Small outcrops of bedrock on adjacent slope. Bedrocks consist of sediments and teschenites of the Silesian and Subsilesian nappe units (Early Cretaceous up to Eocene). A fault sole, evidencing nappe movement on a Carpathian Foredeep, cuts this area.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes
Stratigraphy:
Lower Cretaceous, Paleogene
Subject:
quaternary geology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
flood plaine
Genesis:
aquatic (water activity), sedimentary
Rock:
gravel, loess loam
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1364 (Meandry Lučiny)
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Weissmannová H. a kol (2004): Ostravsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek X. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str.179 Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavlína Jirková, 02.03.2010
Updated by:
Malík Jan, 22.09.2011, Kukal Zdeněk, 22.10.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 26.11.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 26.11.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2338 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2338.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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