Locality
9°40´40" east longitude, 51°36´26" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Schurfkuhle SE Verliehausen near Uslar, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
Brownish red sand from southern Lower Saxony bearing witness to subtropical weathering during the Tertiary period in a region of todayŽs temperate climate.

Classification of the earth

Structure	Quartz sand
Colour	brownish red
Age	2-5 Mio years

Donor

Dr. Peter Rohde,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany