Locality
10°72´ east longitude, 53°29´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
SW Bragmoor forest district, Bleckede, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
During the Eemian interglacial stage of the Pleistocene, peat was formed locally in northern Germany in the same way as in present-day mires.

Classification of the earth

Structure	peat
Colour	brown
Age	Quaternary

Donor

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