Kreideküste auf Rügen - Sassnitz, M.-V., Deutschland
N 54° 33.114 E 013° 40.600
33U E 414410 N 6045734
Kreideküste auf der Halbinsel Jasmund - Rügen
Waymark Code: WMXB6E
Location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Date Posted: 12/21/2017
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The chalk coast in the Jasmund National Park is the largest and most important geological outcrop in northern Germany. Because it represents a section through 70 million years of earth history and is not only made of chalk, but also of sand, clay, marl, boulders, and the seemingly chaotic stratification bears witness to long-ago, tremendous events. Today, small and large bank crashes always cause a stir. This coast gives an insight into the recent history of the earth, especially about how the island of Rügen originated.
The chalk itself is made of fossils. But in addition to such microscopic organisms, there was another diverse life in the Kreidemeer. Whatever was then living in the open water or on the seabed and had permanent structures such as shells, casings or other left behind remains that we can find today on the beach. However, they are rarely complete and undamaged. From the Cretaceous to the processing by the Baltic Sea, there were many opportunities to damage them in 70 million years. Fine structures are virtually non-existent, and usually one finds only a "negative" in that the shell filled with flint and lost itself.
The most common are the "thunderbolt". Because of their shape, they were thought to be the remnants of the lightning thrown by the Germanic thunder god. In fact, they were once the inner support element of Cretaceous squid, the Belemnite, akin to the school pup of today's squid, which we hang in our cage for our budgie to beak.
Furthermore, you can find sea urchins, shells, corals and many other fossils in the stone scree below the chalk cliffs.
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