Horní Bečva
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Zlínský kraj
District (town):
Vsetín
Village:
Horní Bečva
Cadastre:
Horní Bečva
Map sheets:
25-23 Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, 25-234 Horní Bečva
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
2657
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry in Horní Bečva is good example of pebbly mudstones within the Istebna Formation of the Silesian Unit. The quarry is the palaeobotanical type locality. Knobloch (1971 and 1977) described here several species of Cretaceous fossil fruits and seeds reworked in marine sediments.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes > Silesian Unit > Silesian Unit
Stratigraphy:
Maastrichtian
Subject:
paleontology, geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils-flora
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
siltstone, sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Beskydy
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Bubík M. et al.(2006): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000, list 25-234 Horní Bečva, - MS, ČGS
- Knobloch, E. (1971): Fossile Früchten und Samen aus der Flyschzone der mährischen Karpaten. - Sbor. geol. Věd, Paleontol., 13, 7-46. Praha.
- Knobloch, E. (1977): Paläokarpologische Charakteristik der Flyschzone der mährischen Karpaten. - Sbor. geol. Věd, Paleontol., 19, 79-137. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Miroslav Bubík, 18.01.2007
Updated by:
Bubík Miroslav, 17.04.2012, Bubík Miroslav, 25.10.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2657 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2657.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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