Locality
9°35´52" east longitude, 51°40´44" north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Teske sand pit, NW Uslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Geological relevance of location
Sand from southern Lower Saxony which gained its now unusual orange-yellow coating by weathering in a warm phase of the early Quaternary.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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sand
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Colour
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orange-yellow
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Age
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ca. 1 mio. years, Pleistocene
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Donor
Dr. Peter Rohde,
Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany