Kienberg
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Břeclav
Village:
Mikulov
Cadastre:
Mikulov na Moravě
Map sheets:
34-23 Břeclav, 34-231 Lednice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
3078
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Vienna Basin, Moravian part. A ridge partly covered by loess. On the ridge summit abandoned sand pit occurs where sands, calcareous sands and bioclastic fossiliferous limestones are exposed. These sediments stratigraphically belong to the Middle and Upper Badenian. In sands numerous fossils were found and studied, also shark teeth were described from this locality. This locality is classified as a Nature Monument and situated in the Protected Landscape Area Pálava.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Vienna Basin > Neogene of Lower Moravian Vale
Stratigraphy:
Upper Badenian , Upper Pleistocene
Subject:
paleontology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sand, sandstone, limestone, loess
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Pálava
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1779 (Kienberg)
Conflicts of interests:
others human activity
References
- Mackovčin P., Jatiová M., Demek J., Slavík P. a kol. (2007): Brněnsko. In: Mackovčin P.(ed): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IX. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.755 Praha.
- Brzobohatý, R. - Nolf, D. - Kroupa, O. (2007): Fish Otoliths from the Middle Miocene of Kienberg at Mikulov, Czech Republic, Vienna Basin: their paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic signifikance. - Bulletin de LInstitut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 77, 167-196.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavlína Jirková, 18.02.2010
Updated by:
Novotný Roman, 28.10.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 22.12.2017, Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 04.12.2020
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3078 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3078.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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