Locality
99°10´ east longitude, 14°30´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Mae Sot, Thailand, Asien

Personal relationship of donor
Geological mapping within the scope of Technical Cooperation

Historical relevance of location
Geological mapping of the country since 1965 in cooperation with German geologists.

Geological relevance of location
The mountains of western Thailand contain Paleozoic and Mesozoic marine sediments, in contrast to the continental Khorat Group sediments that prevail in eastern Thailand.

Classification of the earth

Structure	weathered rock
Colour	reddish yellow
Age	Ordovician

Donor

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