Velký vrch u Terezína
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Hodonín
Village:
Čejč
Cadastre:
Čejč
Map sheets:
34-21 Hustopeče, 34-212 Klobouky
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
683
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry with outcrops of coase-grained sediments which form irregular bodies in a pelitic Submenilitic Formation. Coarse clastics contain microfauna. They belong straigraphically to the Middle up to Upper Eocene (?). Sedimentologically, paleontologically and stratigaphically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes;
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes > Ždánice Unit
Stratigraphy:
Jurassic, Middle Eocene
Subject:
paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, geology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sandstone, conglomerate
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
private property
References
- Menčík, E. et al. (1968): Contact between the Bohemian Massif and the Carpathians. - Kurdějov - Holý vrch - Ždánice unit.
- Pícha, F. - Hanzlíková, E. - Cicha, I. (1968): Geologie čejčsko - zaječské zony. - Sbor. geol. Věd, Geol., 13, 37-74. Praha
- Stráník, Z. et al. (1982): Základní geologická mapa 1:25 000 a vysvětlivky, list 34-213 Hustopeče. - Archiv ČGÚ Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Zdeněk Stráník, 25.11.1992
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 683 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/683.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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