Locality
9°30´42" east longitude, 52°28´55" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Frielingen (ca. 20 km NW Hannover), Hannover-Garbsen, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
Clay with pale-dark bedding rhythms which are indicators of climatic (Milankovitch) cycles. The pale beds were deposited under warm surface water conditions, while the dark ones were deposited under cool conditions.

Classification of the earth

Structure	marly clay
Colour	medium grey to pale grey/whitish
Age	Lower Cretaceous, Upper Hauterivian

Donor

Friedrich W. Luppold,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany