Locality
28°0´ west longitude, 15°0´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Meteorkuppe/North Atlantic

Geological relevance of location
Foraminiferal sand is formed by the tests of mainly planktic and subordinate benthic foraminifera.

Classification of the earth

Structure	sand
Colour	white-grey
Age	ca. 10000 years
other	200 m waterdepths

Donor

Dr. Hermann-Rudolf Kudraß,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany