Kníničky - stará pískovna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Brno-město
Village:
Brno
Cadastre:
Kníničky
Map sheets:
24-32 Brno, 24-324 Brno sever
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
3299
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Carpathian Foredeep, its southern part. Outcrops ooff sands and petromictic gravels of Ottnag age. Coarse grained rusty sands contain gravel layers and some greenish clayey clay balls. Gravels with clay interlayers contain forams and sponge spicules rewashed from underlying Cretaceous sediments. Sands and cgravels were deposited in fluviolacustrine environmnent within broad delta.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Carpathian foredeep > Southern part of Carpathian foredeep
Stratigraphy:
Ottnangian
Subject:
sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
bedding
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sand, gravel
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
road construction, estates
References
- MÜLLER, P. – NOVÁK, Z. et al. (2000): Geologie Brna a okolí. – Český geologický ústav, Praha. 90 s.`Hanžl P. et al., 2011: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 24324, Brno sever.- Český geologický ústav Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Tomáš Pecka, 02.06.2011
Updated by:
Hanžl Pavel, 10.06.2011, Gürtlerová Pavla, 27.09.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3299 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3299.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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