Polouvsí
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Moravskoslezský kraj
District (town):
Nový Jičín
Village:
Jeseník nad Odrou
Cadastre:
Polouvsí
Map sheets:
25-12 Hranice, 25-124 Starý Jičín
Accessibility:
access without footpath
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
4305
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
An abandoned small quarry at Polouvsí village is the type locality of the Jasenice Formation (Silesian Unit of the Carpathian Flysch Belt). The gray to greenish-gray, dark mottled (bioturbated) claystone contains up to 10 cm thick layers of yellow-gray weathered silty marlstone. Foraminiferal fauna comprise Rhizammina sp., Pseudonodosinella troyeri (Tapp.), Gaudryina oblonga Zasp., Marssonella oxycona (Rss), Gyroidinoides globosus (Hag.) etc. Calcareous nannoplankton with Eiffellithus turriseffeli prove uppermost Albian age.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes > Silesian Unit > Silesian Unit
Stratigraphy:
Albian
Subject:
lithology, stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, fossils fauna, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
marlstone, claystone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
private property, vegetation
References
- Bubík et al. (2022): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1: 25 000, list 25-124 Starý Jičín, Archiv České geologické služby, Praha
- Eliáš, M. (1979): Facies and paleogeography of the Silesian unit in the western part of the Czechoslovak flysch Carpathians, Věst. Ústř. Úst. geol. 54, 327–339
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petrová Pavla Tomanová, 12.04.2022
Updated by:
Bubík Miroslav, 14.10.2022
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4305 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/4305.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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