Žerotice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Znojmo
Village:
Žerotice
Cadastre:
Žerotice
Map sheets:
34-11 Znojmo, 34-113 Znojmo
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
629
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Sand pit, temporary active. Outcrops of the Ottnangian sediments, consisting of fine-grained gravels passing laterally into greenish sandy clays. They are overlain by quartzose gravel and a loess complex. Stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Carpathian foredeep > Southern part of Carpathian foredeep
Stratigraphy:
Ottnangian
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
ripple marks, bedding
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sand, gravel
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
reclamation, open cast mining
References
- Čtyroký, P. - Batík, P. et al. (1983): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000, list 34-113 Znojmo.- Ústřední ústav geologický Praha
- Gazdová, A. (2017): Sedimentologické a sedimentárně petrografické studium sedimentů žerotických vrstev a jejich srovnání se sedimenty stáří eggenburg a ottnang. - MS, diplomová práce, PřF MU Brno.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavel Čtyroký, 30.11.1993
Updated by:
Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 30.10.2003, Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 12.08.2016, Gilíková Helena, 22.01.2018, Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 10.03.2022
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 629 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/629.
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:
no problems
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