Locality
7°27´23" west longitude, 32°0´12" north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Atlas Mts., Morocco, Afrika
Personal relationship of donor
Rock collection - Morocco
Historical relevance of location
Owing to the arid climate and consequent lack of a vegetation cover, rocks of Jurassic and other ages are well exposed.
Geological relevance of location
The area of the Atlas Mts. was covered by an ocean during the Jurassic.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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silty marlstone containing ammonites
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Colour
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yellowish grey
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Age
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Jurassic
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Donor
Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany