Locality
9°88´ east longitude, 52°38´ north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Misburg, Hannover, Germany, Europa
Historical relevance of location
Upper Cretaceous marl in Misburg and Anderten on the east side of Hannover is a raw material for the cement industry. It was formed as calcareous mud at the bottom of a warm sea and contains many belemnites, the hard parts of an extinct squid.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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belemnites
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Colour
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brownish grey
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Age
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Cretaceous
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Donor
Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany