Olšovec
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Olomoucký kraj
District (town):
Přerov
Village:
Střítež nad Ludinou, Olšovec
Cadastre:
Střítež nad Ludinou, Olšovec
Map sheets:
25-12 Hranice, 25-123 Hranice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3797
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
One of the most important ichnofaunistic localities af the Jeseníky Culmian. The quarry walls are mainly in greywackes and siltstone-claystone rhythmites of the Vikštejń Member of the Moravice Formation (upper Viséan age).
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum > Flysh units > Culm Measures in Jeseníky
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic, Visean (Middle Mississippian)
Subject:
geology, sedimentology, paleontology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, ripple marks, ichnofossil, sole markings , fossils-flora, vein
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
greywacke, clayey shale, siltstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Bábek, O. – Kalvoda, J. – Otava, J. – Šimíček, D. (2014): Carboniferous Turbidite Systems of the Variscan Foreland: The Moravo-Silesian Culm Basin. Central European Meeting of Sedimentary Geology. 34 s. – Univerzita Palackého Olomouc.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Otava, 10.10.2014
Updated by:
Otava Jiří, 29.04.2015
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3797 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3797.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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