Møns Klint
by Jennifer Ziesch, State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology, Hannover, Germany
This photo shows Møns Klint, which is a 128 m high Cretaceous chalk cliff. It is an outcrop on the eastern coast of the island of Møn in the Baltic sea, Denmark. The sediments consist of numerous microscopic, over 70 million year old fossils. Later, glaciers compacted and deformed the sediments.
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- Europe (3707)
- Northern Europe (869)
- Denmark (18)
- Exact location (12.5441 E, 54.9825 N)
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Canon EOS 600D
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June
2015
Submitted on 26 February 2016
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Jennifer Ziesch (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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