Křtiny - "Mramorový lom"
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Blansko
Village:
Křtiny
Cadastre:
Křtiny
Map sheets:
24-41 Vyškov, 24-411 Jedovnice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
750
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned vegetated quarry. Outcrop of nearly whole sequence of multicoloured nodular Křtiny Limestone belonging to the Líšeň Formation (Famennian and Lower Tournaisian). Limestones yielded important conodont fauna for a stratigraphical correlation. This locality is recommended for protection.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum;
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum > Pre-flash Units > Moravian karst
Stratigraphy:
Upper Devonian, Famennian
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary, tectonic
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
open cast mining
References
- Musil, R. et al. (1993): Moravský kras, labyrinty poznání. - Adamov.
- Otava, J. et al (in prep 2013): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25000 list Jedovnice 24-411.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jaroslav Dvořák, 22.11.1993
Updated by:
Otava Jiří, 04.11.2011, Gürtlerová Pavla, 20.09.2013, Kukal Zdeněk, 12.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 750 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/750.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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