Travertinová kaskáda
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Moravskoslezský kraj
District (town):
Nový Jičín
Village:
Tichá
Cadastre:
Tichá na Moravě
Map sheets:
25-21 Nový Jičín, 25-214 Frenštát pod Radhoštěm
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
2367
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
West Carpathians, Quaternary. Sinter cascade, carbonate was deposited by a spring. Underlying Lower Cretaceous marlstones, micritic limestones and calcareous sandstones served as a source of carbonate. Slopes are liable to gravitational movements. This locality is protected as a Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > West Carpathian Quaternary > Quaternary of erosional areas of West Carpathian
Stratigraphy:
Holocene
Subject:
geomorphology, quaternary geology, sedimentology, hydrogeology
Geological phenomenon:
spring, river source
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
travertine
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 1092 (Travertinová kaskáda)
Part of national geopark:
Podbeskydí
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.220 Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavlína Jirková, 02.12.2010
Updated by:
Jirková Pavlína, 02.12.2010, Jirková Pavlína, 03.12.2010, Bubík Miroslav, 23.10.2012, Vajskebrová Markéta, 19.11.2020
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2367 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2367.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz
