Starojická Lhota - pískovna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
District (town):
Village:
Cadastre:
Map sheets:
,
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
4308
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Glacifluvial gravel and sand covered by loess loam are exposed in abandoned sandpit. Gravel and sand were deposited by melting water after the Saale Glaciation in the middle Pleistocene. Pebbles of nordic rocks rarely occur.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > West Carpathian Quaternary
Stratigraphy:
Pleistocene
Subject:
quaternary geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
glacigenic (glacier activity), aeolian (wind activity)
Rock:
gravel, loess loam
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Podbeskydí
Conflicts of interests:
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.
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: 4308 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/4308.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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