Petrov
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Brno-město
Village:
Brno
Cadastre:
Město Brno
Map sheets:
24-34 Ivančice, 24-342 Brno jih
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
3644
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The series of small outcrops in the city park, just below the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. Local basic volcanics are intensively metamorphosed and deformed. Na plagioklase, epidote and chlorite represent their main rock forming minerals. Locally, elongated lenses of rhyolite appear as well as several centimetres thick quartz and calcite veins. This locality is of Proterozoic age and belongs to the Brunovistulicum Zone.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Brunovistulicum
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
geology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
metabasalt
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Buriánek, D. et al.(2012): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000, list 24-342 Brno-jih. - MS, Česká geologická služba.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
David Buriánek, 21.11.2012
Updated by:
Buriánek David, 19.11.2014, Buriánek David, 19.11.2014, Kukal Zdeněk, 19.09.2017, Kukal Zdeněk, 26.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3644 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3644.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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