Locality
7°16´ east longitude, 52°30´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Bad Bentheim, Germany, Europa

Personal relationship of donor
Geologische Landesaufnahme

Historical relevance of location
The cliffs at Bad Bentheim are a landmark in the border area with the Netherlands. They consist of a Lower Cretaceous sandstone and is used for buildings. Fossil shells and gastropods can be found in the sediments.

Geological relevance of location
Early Cretaceous time had a wet climate and was time of abundant sand and mud sedimentation in NW Europe.

Classification of the earth

Structure	sandstone
Colour	grey
Age	Cretaceous

Donor

Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany