Frýdek - Zámecký vrch
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Moravskoslezský kraj
District (town):
Frýdek-Místek
Village:
Frýdek-Místek
Cadastre:
Frýdek
Map sheets:
25-22 Frýdek - Místek, 25-221 Frýdek-Místek
Accessibility:
access without footpath
ID:
3578
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outcrops at the southwestern slope of the Zámecký vrch (Castle hill) in Frýdek represent the type locality of the Frýdek Formation (Subsilesian Unit, Carpathian Flysch Belt). It is the historical type locality studied by Hochstetter (1852). The Frýdek Formation at Zámecký vrch consists of brown-grey calcareous mudstones (claystones) with few banks of calcareous fine- to medium-grained sandstones. Finds of ammonites Baculites hochstetteri Liebus, Puzosia aff. planulata Sow., foraminifer Abathomphalus mayaroensis and calcareous nannofossils proved the Late Maastrichtian age.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes > Under Silesian Unit
Stratigraphy:
Maastrichtian
Subject:
lithology, paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, fossils fauna, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
claystone, sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
road construction, vegetation
References
- Eliáš, M. – Hanzlíková, E. (1964): Frýdecké vrstvy – typová lokalita na Zámeckém vrchu ve Frýdku-Místku. - Zprávy o geologických výzkumech v roce 1963, sv. 1, 255 - 256. Praha
- Hanzlíková, E. (1969): The Foraminifera of the Frýdek Formation (Senonian). - Sbor. geol. Věd, P, 11, 7 - 84. Praha
- Hanzlíková, E. – Krhovský, J. – Švábenická, L. (1982): Calcareous nannoplankton from the type locality of the Frýdek Formation (Lower Maastrichtian). - Sbor. geol. Věd, Paleontol., č. 25, 127 - 155. Praha
- Hochstetter, F. (1852): Notiz über eine Kreideschichte am Fusse der Karpathen bei Friedek in k. k. Schlesien. - Jahrbuch geol. Reichsanst., 3, 4, 33-35. Wien
- Liebus, A – Uhlig, V. (1902): Über einige Fossilien aus der karpatische Kreide. – Baiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie ‚Ostereich-Ungarns und des Orients, 14, 1-2, 113-130. Wien
- Růžička, B. – Beneš, V. (1949): Předběžná zpráva o foraminiferách frýdeckých vrstev. (Svrch. křída.) – Přírodovědecký sbor. ostrav. kraje, 10, 3, 253 – 260. Ostrava
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Miroslav Bubík, 25.10.2012
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3578 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3578.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value
Locality conditions:
poor
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