Locality
85°0´ west longitude, 10°0´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Costa Rica, Nordamerika

Personal relationship of donor
Technical Cooperation

Historical relevance of location
Aluminium- and iron-rich laterite soils are formed in warm climates with alternating wet and dry seasons. In such areas, laterite is often the only easily obtainable construction material. It hampers plant growth, however.

Geological relevance of location
product of soil forming processes

Classification of the earth

Structure	porous laterite
Colour	reddish brown
Age	?Holocene

Donor

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