Locality
9°94´ east longitude, 51°29´ north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Germany, Europa
Geological relevance of location
Fossil wood is found in the lignite coal mined in northern Hesse. Owing to the well-preserved wood structure, the silicified wood can be used to study paleoclimate.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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petrified wood
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Colour
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brown
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Age
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Tertiary
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Donor
Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany