Kurovice - Křemenná
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Zlínský kraj
District (town):
Zlín
Village:
Tlumačov
Cadastre:
Tlumačov na Moravě
Map sheets:
25-31 Kroměříž, 25-314 Otrokovice
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
690
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Active quarry with outcrops of deluvial and eolian sediments, fossil soils and soil complexes. These units vertically alternate. Four climatic and sedimentary cycles have been identified.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > West Carpathian Quaternary > Quaternary of acumulative areas of West Carpathian
Stratigraphy:
Quaternary
Subject:
geology, petrology, sedimentology, quaternary geology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
fosil soil
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
colluvium, loess, soil
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
private property, open cast mining
References
- Kovanda, J. - Smolíková, L. - Fejfar, O. (1982): Erforschung des Basalteils einer pleisrozanen Schichtenfloge am Hang der Kurovice-Klippe (Mittelmahren). - Anropozoikum, 14, 29-55. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivana Uhlířová, 29.11.1993
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 690 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/690.
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Assessment
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Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz
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