Locality
9°39´ east longitude, 47°37´ north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Schleinsee, Oberschwaben (474 m above sea level), Germany, Europa
Historical relevance of location
The sample comprises more than 100 annual layers (varves) out of about 4000 in a lake sediment. Varves allow investigations of the past environment, palaeoclimate and prehistoric settlement with a time resolution of one season or one year.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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calcareous mud with annual layers
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Colour
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light - dark lamination
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Age
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ca. 9000 B.P.
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Donor
Dr. Josef Merkt,
Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany