Božice - pískovna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Znojmo
Village:
Křídlůvky, Hrádek, Božice
Cadastre:
Hrádek u Znojma, Křídlůvky, Božice
Map sheets:
34-13 Dyjákovice, 34-132 Božice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
3946
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The active sandpit where Mid-Pleistocene sand and gravel are exploited. The pit wall exposes a sequence of sands and gravels with sand and gravely sand on a base. The Bohemian Massif served as a provenance area of gravel clasts which is evidenced by an occurrence of typical granite, quartz and gneiss. The sand beds display current channel bedding and also frost wedges can be observed. The sand and gravel were deposited by Dyje (Thaya) River and Jenišovka River. The locality belongs to the southern parts of the Carpathian Foredeep.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Carpathian foredeep > Southern part of Carpathian foredeep
Stratigraphy:
Middle Pleistocene (Ionian)
Subject:
quaternary geology, economic geology, sedimentology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
bedding, permafrost wedge
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sand, gravel
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
private property, open cast mining
References
- Dornič J. et al. (1984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000, list 34-132 Božice. ÚÚG Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petrová Pavla Tomanová, 02.09.2016
Updated by:
Havlíček Pavel, 08.09.2016, Kukal Zdeněk, 26.09.2017, Kukal Zdeněk, 22.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3946 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3946.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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