Locality
9°44´30" east longitude, 47°55´40" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Bad Waldsee, Oberschwaben (582 above sea level), Germany, Europa

Historical relevance of location
Annually laminated lake sediments are used for investigations of past climatic changes, impact of man on the environment. These studies can be extended over thousands of years with a time resolution of seasons or single years.

Geological relevance of location
The lamination reflects oxygen depletion in the lake caused by sewage dumping of the town since early Middle Ages

Classification of the earth

Structure	calcareous mud with annual layers
Colour	light - dark lamination
Age	Middle Ages

Donor

Dr. Josef Merkt, Geological Survey of Lower Saxony, Hannover, Germany