Skalky u Sedlece
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Břeclav
Village:
Sedlec
Cadastre:
Sedlec u Mikulova
Map sheets:
34-23 Břeclav, 34-231 Lednice
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3326
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Vienna Basin, Neogene. Smalll abandoned quarries where algal bioclastic limestone of Badenian age was exploited. This limestone is partly sandy,its blocks are embedded in micaceous sand with marine foraminiferal fauna. The limestone was used as decorative building material in the Lednice-Valtice area (UNESCO heritage).
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Vienna Basin > Neogene of Lower Moravian Vale
Stratigraphy:
Upper Badenian
Subject:
mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, fossils-flora
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone
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 5905 (Skalky u Sedlece)
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- bez citací
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petrová Pavla Tomanová, 29.07.2011
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 10.10.2012, Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 11.07.2014
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3326 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3326.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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