LVIV REGION. GREBENIVSKIY QUARRY.
GEOLOGICAL LANDMARKS OF UKRAINE. LVIV REGION.
External Carpathians, Skyboviy Nappe
Skole area, Grebeniv village
48° 57′ N lat.; 23° 29′ E long.
Quarry. Square 5,5 hectares
Stratigraphic, tectonic.
In the quarry wall along 300 m there is discovered Upper Cretaceous Stryiska Suite diverse-rhythmic two-component flysch with thick sandstone lenses (typical turbidite rocks). There are observed fold with the limbs range up to 50 m.
This is typical section of Upper Cretaceous (Stryiska Suite, 65-75 Ma) fine-rhythmic flysch. It has scientific value and is the object of Carpathian-Balkanian Geological Association field trips’as well as geological training of students from Lviv National University.
Ecological conditions are suitable.
Access by dirt road from Skole—Slavske motor-way.
Legally the object is not defined yet.
It is suggested to give the status of regional-rank landmark.
Sourсe: Geological Landmarks of Ukraine: In 3 volumes/V.P. Bezvynniy, S.V. Biletski, O.B. Bobrovetal.; V.l. Kalinin, D.S. Gurskiy, I.V. Antakova, Eds. — K.: DIA, 2006. — Volume I. — 320 p.
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