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Locality
10°1´ east longitude, 52°13´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Bundesautobahn 7, Uppen, Germany, Europa

Historical relevance of location
The autobahn cut near Uppen passes through Upper Jurassic rocks at the north edge of the Lower Saxony mountains. Where the sound of surf was heard 160 million years ago, the roar of automobile traffic has prevailed since 1960. (The oolitic limestone was deposited in the surf zone of the Jurassic sea.)

Classification of the earth
Structure limestone
Colour grey
Age Jurassic

Donor

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

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