Děvín - Kotel - Soutěska
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Břeclav
Village:
Horní Věstonice, Dolní Věstonice, Klentnice, Pavlov, Perná
Cadastre:
Horní Věstonice, Klentnice, Pavlov u Dolních Věstonic, Perná, Dolní Věstonice
Map sheets:
34-12 Pohořelice,34-21 Hustopeče, 34-124 Pozdřany,34-213 Velké Pavlovice
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
678
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Limestone massifs formed of the Upper Jurassic Klentnice Beds (Oxfordian up to) Lower Tithonian) and Ernstbrunn Limestone (Upper Tithonian up to Hauterivian). They are overlain by the Upper Cretaceous calcareous sandstones and bioclastic limestones. Significant locality from many viewpoints, part of the biospheric reservation.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Klippen Zone > Klippen Zone
Stratigraphy:
Jurassic
Subject:
stratigraphy, structural geology, paleontology, geomorphology, sedimentology, botany, geology
Geological phenomenon:
rock bag, gully, gorge, rock salient, rock, fossils fauna, fault
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone, marl, claystone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Pálava
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 2475 (Děvín)
Conflicts of interests:
ground instability, open cast mining
References
- Jüttner, K. (1933): Zur stratigraphie und Tektonik des Mesozoikums der Pallauer Berge. - Verh. Naturf. Ver. Brünn, 64, 15-31. Brünn (Brno). Matějka, A. - Stráník, Z. (1961): Poznámky ke geologii Pálavských vrchů. - Zprávy geol výz. 1960, 153-154. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Zdeněk Stráník, 15.10.1993
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 15.11.2008, Novotný Roman, 19.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 678 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/678.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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