Locality
10°7´1" east longitude, 52°37´57" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Arpke clay pit near Hämelerwald, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europa

Historical relevance of location
Clay material for building material (subsoil waterproofing).

Classification of the earth

Structure	clay
Colour	grey
Age	Lower Cretaceous, about 110 million years

Donor

Victor Bohnenstein,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany