Locality
9°29´28" east longitude, 51°59´39" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Gravel pit company Lammert & Dötzer near Hehlen, W Bodenwerder, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
Pumice tephra of the Laacher See vulcano which erupted 12,900 years before present in the Eifel mountains, 240 km away from the place of the tephra deposition in the Weser valley SE of Hameln.

Classification of the earth

Structure	pumice tephra
Colour	light grey
Age	12,900 years

Donor

Dr. Wolfgang Thiem,
 Geographical Institute University of Hannover,
 Dr. Peter Rohde,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany