Medlovický lom
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Zlínský kraj
District (town):
Uherské Hradiště
Village:
Medlovice, Osvětimany
Cadastre:
Medlovice u Uherského Hradiště, Osvětimany
Map sheets:
24-44 Bučovice, 24-444 Osvětimany
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
644
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old quarry exposing sediments of the Rača Unit of the Magura Nappe. It consists of several folded lithostratigraphic units. Stratigraphically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Magura group of nappes
Stratigraphy:
Upper Miocene
Subject:
economic geology, stratigraphy, petrology, geology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon:
porcelanites, characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (contact metamorphism)
Rock:
porcelanite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1889 (Medlovický lom)
Conflicts of interests:
open cast mining, agriculture
References
- Czudek, T. - Havlíček, P. - Kovanda, J. (1985): Paleogeografický význam náplavového kužele JV. od Boršic u Buchlovic. - Čas. min. geol., 30, 2, 185-198. Praha. Čtyroký, P. - Novák, F. (1978): Flyš a medlovické porcelanity v jižní části Chřibů. - Čas. min. geol., 23, 1, 77-86. Praha. Sladký, J. (2019): Červený \"kráter\" u Medlovic. Malovaný kraj, 55, 2, 29.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavel Havlíček, 29.11.1993
Updated by:
Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 29.10.2010, Žáček Vladimír, 06.06.2011
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 644 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/644.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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