Locality
9°59´ east longitude, 56°39´ north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Dania chalk quarry, Mariager, Danmark, Europa
Personal relationship of donor
Rock collection - Denmark
Historical relevance of location
Cretaceous rocks are exposed along the coast of Denmark. They are quarried as lime and cement raw materials, filler, and a inexpensive white pigment.
Geological relevance of location
Thick layers of light-colored limestone were formed in the warm Cretaceous seas in the present northwestern Europe from unicellular algae with calcareous cell walls.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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Chalk and chalk marl
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Colour
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white
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Age
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Late Cretaceous
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Donor
Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany