Locality
8°30´ east longitude, 45°0´ north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Allessandria, Piemont, Italy, Europa
Personal relationship of donor
Exploration for lignite
Historical relevance of location
Tertiary marine sediments crop out over large parts of Italy.
Geological relevance of location
During the warm periods of the Tertiary, the Mediterranean extended far inland, as evidenced by marine fossils.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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sandstone containing marine fossils
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Colour
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yellowish tan
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Age
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Miocene, Tertiary, 11 million years
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Donor
Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany