Malá Dohoda - Holštejn
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Blansko
Village:
Ostrov u Macochy, Holštejn
Cadastre:
Ostrov u Macochy, Holštejn
Map sheets:
24-23 Protivanov, 24-233 Ostrov u M.
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3922
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The quarry in upper Devonian Vilémovice limestones exposes cavities filled with terra rossa, locally rich in fossils and other cavities filled with lower Miocene terrestrial sands and gravels.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum > Pre-flash Units > Moravian karst
Stratigraphy:
Pleistocene, Upper Devonian
Subject:
geomorphology, quaternary geology, paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon:
fosil soil, karst cave, karren, fossils fauna
Genesis:
chemogenetic, sedimentary, weathering , aquatic (water activity)
Rock:
soil, sand, limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests:
private property, waste disposal, tourism
References
- MUSIL, R. ed. (1993): Moravský kras – labyrinty poznání. – 336 s. GEO program, Adamov.KADLEC, J.- TÁBORSKÝ, Z. (2002): Terciérní jeskynní sedimenty v lomu Malá Dohoda u Holštejna v Moravském krasu (24-23 Protivanov) – Geologické výzkumy na Moravě a ve Slezsku, roč. 9, 30–33. Richtrová, D. (2012): Morfologie epikrasu a vadózní zóny. Diplomová práce, Ústav věd o Zemi, PřF MU Brno.
- Baldík, V. et al. (2016): Vysvětlivky k základním geologickým mapám České republiky 1 : 25 000 24-233 Ostrov u Macochy. MS Archiv České geologické služby.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Otava, 14.04.2016
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 04.10.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3922 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3922.
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
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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