Čejkovice - cihelna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Hodonín
Village:
Čejkovice
Cadastre:
Čejkovice
Map sheets:
34-21 Hustopeče, 34-214 Čejkovice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
loam pit
ID:
646
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old brickyard with a series of sandy loam and yellowish loess. This loess is underlain by clayey sands and siltstones of the Lower Pannonian age. Finds of fossil fauna (genera Congeria, Melanopsis). Stratigraphically and paleontologically important locality. The locality is recommended for protection.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Vienna Basin > Neogene of Lower Moravian Vale
Stratigraphy:
Neogene
Subject:
geology, paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sand, silt, loess, loam
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
reclamation
References
- Čtyroký, P. et al. (1992): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1:25 000, 34-214 Čejkovice. - Český geologický ústav Praha , M. (1870): Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiarbeckens von Wien. II. Bivalven. - Abh. k. k. geol. Reichsanst., 4, 1-479. Wien.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavel Čtyroký, 03.12.1993
Updated by:
Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 25.09.2012, Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 16.08.2016, Kukal Zdeněk, 22.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 646 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/646.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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