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Sandstone (DE.22.0001)

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Rock determination
Sedimentary rock > Siliciclastic > Sandstone > Quartzarenite
Chronostratigraphy
Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Neogene; Miocene
Lithostratigraphy
Rock name
Liedberg sandstone
Rock synonyms
Liedberger sandstein
Additional information

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Site type
Natural geological outcrop
Location
Germany; Nordrhein-Westfalen; Korschenbroich
Site name
Liedberg
Excavation or Survey Team
Dr. Dieter Hupka
Additional contextual information
Natural color
white to beige
Aged color
Components
quartz dominated; well-cemented (successive generations of quartz cement)
Texture
moderately to well sorted; very hard (appearance of quartzite due to cementation)
Structure
Weathering
Diagnostic features
quartzitic
Additional information
Sample type
Rock sample
Inventory number
DE.22.0001
Collection
Archaeological Department, Ghent University
Donating institute/person
Dr. Dieter Hupka
Host collection
Other samples available
No
Sample collection method
Field Sampling (clay/rock)

Hupka 2014

Full reference

Hupka D. 2014. Zur Verwendung des Liedberg-Quarzits und quarzitischen Sandsteins als Baumaterial in römischer und mittelalterlicher Zeit. Jahrbuch für den Kreis Neuss. Kreisheimatbund Neuss, 2014, Dormagen: 11-19.

Hupka 2015

Full reference

Hupka, Dieter, 2015. Die römischen Siedlungsfunde, gewerblichen Reste und Straßenbefunde in Mönchengladbach-Mülfort. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Last modified: 2024-04-24.