Šlapanice cihelna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Brno-venkov
Village:
Šlapanice
Cadastre:
Šlapanice u Brna
Map sheets:
24-43 Šlapanice, 24-431 Šlapanice
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
loam pit
ID:
3698
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The active clay pit. This pit workings have several levels and during rain periods its lowermost part is flooded. The bluegreyish massive silty clay is exploited with some gypsum of secondary origin. Described clays are covered by 1,0 -2,5 m thick layer of sands and gravelly sands of Pleistocene age. All this is covered by a loess coating. There is a long list of the Lower Badenian fauna which evidences deep sea depositional environment. The locality belongs to the southern part of the Carpathian Foredeep.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Carpathian foredeep > Southern part of Carpathian foredeep
Stratigraphy:
Lower Badenian
Subject:
geology, quaternary geology, economic geology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
clay, loess
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal, exploitation
References
- BERGGREN, W. A. – KENT, D. V. – SWISHER, C. C., III. – AUBRY, M.-P. (1995): A revised Cenozoic geochronology and chronostratigraphy. SEPM (Society of Sedimentary Geology), Spec. Publ. 54, 129–212.
- Tomanová Petrová P. et al. (2013): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 24-431 Šlapanice . Česká geologická služba. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petrová Pavla Tomanová, 10.09.2013
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 26.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3698 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3698.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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