Rudice - Seč
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Blansko
Village:
Rudice
Cadastre:
Rudice u Blanska
Map sheets:
24-41 Vyškov, 24-411 Jedovnice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
guarry, sand pit
ID:
759
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned open pit. Cretaceous sediments (so called Rudice Beds) lie on an undulating relief with deep depressions. This relief is supposed to represent an older period of a karstification within the Bohemian Massif. This locality is interesting from stratigraphical, paleontological and mineralogical views. It belongs to the Protected Landscape Area Moravský kras - the Moravian Karst.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > other Cretaceous occurences;
Bohemian Massif > Jurassic > Jurassic in Moravian Karst and Brno surroundings
Stratigraphy:
Lower Cretaceous
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology, economic geology, mineralogy, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon:
krast pit, ore mineralization, incrustation, bedding, fossils fauna, stony organ
Genesis:
weathering , sedimentary, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), chemogenetic
Rock:
clay, sand, chert, hornfels, limestone, gravel
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Moravský kras
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 6235 ()
Conflicts of interests:
others human activity, collection
References
- Dvořák, J. (1953): Ke genezi rudických vrstev. - Čs. Kras, 6, 8-10, 218-219. Brno. Burkhardt R. (1964): Příspěvek k poznání krasových zjevů Rudické plošiny. - Kras v Československu, 1, 17-22. Brno. Burkhardt R. (1974): Rudická plošina v Moravském krasu - část I.: Příspěvek k teorii fosilního krasu a geologického vývoje. - Čas. Mor. muz., Vědy přír., 59, 37-58. Brno. Bosák, P. (1979): Spodnokřídový fosilní kras rudické plošiny v Moravském krasu. - Čs. Kras, 31, 56-67. Praha.
- Otava, J. et al (in prep 2013): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25000 list Jedovnice 24-411
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jindřich Štelcl, 30.11.1993
Updated by:
Otava Jiří, 05.11.2011, Kukal Zdeněk, 12.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 759 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/759.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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