Znojmo - za Albertem
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Znojmo
Village:
Znojmo
Cadastre:
Znojmo-město
Map sheets:
34-13 Dyjákovice, 34-131 Šatov
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
loam pit
ID:
631
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Open pit exposing 8 m high face with a loess section. Several horizons of buried soils occur within this loess complex. In the lower part of this outcrop this loess passes into blown sand. This section is one of the most important Upper Pleistocene loess exposures in the SE Moravia.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > West Carpathian Quaternary
Stratigraphy:
Quaternary
Subject:
geology, petrology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, outcrop
Genesis:
aeolian (wind activity)
Rock:
loess, sand, soil
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
private property, industry
References
- Batík, P. et al. (1977): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000, list 34-131 Šatov.- MS Archiv ČGÚ Praha
- Havlíček, P. a Smolíková, L. (1995): Vývoj svrchnopleistocenních eolických sedimentů ve Znojmě-Dřevařských závodech.- Vest. CGÚ, 70, 1, 67-74. Praha
- Batík, P. a Čtyroký, P., Gabriel, M., Holásek, O., Klečák, J., Střída, M., Šalanský, K., Štych, J., Zeman, A. (1990): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000 34-131 list Šatov. – 72 str., ÚÚG Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivana Uhlířová, 29.11.1993
Updated by:
Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 30.10.2003, Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 12.08.2016
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 631 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/631.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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