Salaš
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Zlínský kraj
District (town):
Uherské Hradiště
Village:
Salaš
Cadastre:
Salaš u Velehradu
Map sheets:
25-33 Uherské Hradiště, 25-331 Halenkovice
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
687
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry with oucrops of the Soláň Beds of the Magura Flysch Unit in the sandstone-conglomerate facial development. Solitary conglomerate block as large as 12 cubic metres lies within sandstone banks. Sedimentologically and stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Magura group of nappes
Stratigraphy:
Middle Paleocene (Selandian)
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone, sandstone, chert, hornfels
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal
References
- Krystek, I. (1965): Výzkum sedimentů západní části magurského flyše a otázky její geneze. - Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Purk. Brun, Geol. VI., 9, 1-47. Brno.
- Němcová, J. (1967): Příspěvek k exotickým horninám Chřibů. - Acta Univ. Palack. Olom., Geogr. Geol., 9, 23, 61-68. Olomouc.
- Štelcl, J. ml. (1989): Petrology and geochemistry of granotoid exotics of the Rača unit of the Magura Flysch. - Geol. Zbor. Geol. Carpath., 40, 735-748. Bratislava.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jindřich Štelcl, 30.11.1993
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 687 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/687.
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