Black chalk pit

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The black chalk pit in Vehre
Remnants of the black chalk opencast mine in Vehre

The black chalk pit in Vehre is today a natural monument on the north-eastern edge of the Belmer district of Vehre. It has a 15 m outcrop to the east. In the black chalk pit , a rock called black chalk was mined until 1967 , which was mainly used for the production of colorants and was even exported after its processing. However, this is not chalk , but a charred oil shale . The anoxic environment at the bottom of a Jurassic shallow sea resulted in an accumulation of organic matter in the clayey-silty sediment of the seabed. From this, through diagenetic solidification, oil shale emerged, and through the carbonization of this oil shale due to the heat of the Bramsch pluton during the Cretaceous period , the so-called "black chalk" was created.

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de/suche/naturerleben-3618-900000001.php  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de  
  2. http://www.vehre.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:schwarze-kreide&catid=60:geographie&Itemid=77
  3. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (ed.), Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments - Das Osnabrücker Land I , Vol. 42, 1979, p. 17

Web links

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Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 57.01 "  N , 8 ° 9 ′ 43.53"  E