Around 80 million years ago, the Münsterland was part of a large sea. The limestone layers exposed in the quarries around Beckum are sedimentary deposits from this sea. The layers consist of an alternating sequence of clayey marls, marly limestones and marly limestones.

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Location: Beckum, Warendorf, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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