Locality
17°58´41" east longitude, 69°38´24" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Troms Distrikt, Norway, Europa

Geological relevance of location
The sample consists of carbonate gravel composed of broken remains of organisms (algae, shells, snails). It represents an example of a so called \\\"cold-water carbonate\\\" sediment.

Classification of the earth

Structure	carbonate gravel
Colour	beige-white
Age	Holocene

Donor

Dr. André Freiwald,
 University of Bremen