Kamenárka
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Moravskoslezský kraj
District (town):
Nový Jičín
Village:
Štramberk
Cadastre:
Štramberk
Map sheets:
25-21 Nový Jičín, 25-213 Nový Jičín
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
651
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry exposes the reefal Štramberk Limestone of the Baška Development of the Silesian Unit (Outer Flysch Carpathians). The limestones are Late Tithonian in age (Crassicollaria Zone). The quarry is protected area of endangered animal and plant species related to limestone substrate.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes > Silesian Unit > Silesian Unit
Stratigraphy:
Tithonian
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone
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 2162 (Kamenárka)
Part of national geopark:
Podbeskydí
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Menčík, E. et al. (1983): Geologie Moravskoslezských Beskyd a Podbeskydské pahorkatiny. - Ústřední ústav geologický, Praha, 1-304.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Mojmír Eliáš, 18.11.1993
Updated by:
Lorencová Markéta, 19.01.2005, Bubík Miroslav, 24.10.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 651 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/651.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
significant study profile
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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