Locality
8°34´ east longitude, 52°20´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Melle, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
The Jurassic Posidonian shale is an important oil source rock in northern Germany. It contains abundant remains of unicellular algae, which were preserved in the oxygen-poor conditions.

Classification of the earth

Structure	marine shale
Colour	black
Age	Jurassic

Donor

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