Goudberg, Hoegaarden, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgiumi
Regional Level Types | |
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Goudberg | Occurrence (Tourist Attraction) |
Hoegaarden | Protected Area |
Flemish Brabant | Province |
Flanders | Region |
Belgium | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 47' 26'' North , 4° 54' 5'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Occurrence (Tourist Attraction) - last checked 2021
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Hoegaarden | 6,110 (2011) | 1.9km |
Tienen | 31,743 (2018) | 3.2km |
Boutersem | 7,702 (2011) | 6.8km |
Jodoigne | 11,930 (2012) | 7.8km |
Beauvechain | 6,334 (2011) | 9.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
236864
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:236864:4
GUID (UUID V4):
1481128c-8749-4237-96fe-731ca1170700
Name(s) in local language(s):
Goudberg, Hoegaarden, Provincie Vlaams Brabant, België
Fossiled trees of Glyptostroboxylon sp., found during construction of first a highway and later a railroad, are preserved and shown at the "Geosite Goudberg".
Geosite Goudberg is an educational exhibition park in Hoegaarden in Belgium. In the park, there is a petrified forest of bald cypress trees from the Paleocene, which is unique in Western Europe due to its size.
It provides an overview of 55 million years of geological history.
During the construction of the E40 highway in 1970, dozens of petrified trees came to light in Hoegaarden.
There was not enough time to save the trees at the time.
The necessary measures could be taken during the preliminary study of the high-speed line Brussels-Cologne along the motorway in the early 1990s.
In March 2000 the petrified trees were dug out of the clay and silt layer.
Two large trees were moved to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels; another large specimen ended up in the Museum Naturalis in Leiden.
The whole tree has been transformed into a stone version of itself, as it were, while the internal characteristics of the wood have been preserved. This slow process is called silicification.
The petrified trees are the remains of a 54.9 million-year-old subtropical swamp forest.
Similar remains of fossil trees have been found in Overlaar, Oorbeek and Wommersom.
The forest was therefore of considerable size.
Microscopic examination of the tree structure has determined that these trees are the remains of bald cypress trees.
Related species still grow in swamps in the United States (Florida and Georgia) and in China and Vietnam.
In the United States, the Taxodium is found, in China and Vietnam the Glyptostrobus.
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ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
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Wikipedia: | https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosite_Goudberg |
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Wikidata ID: | Q2924972 |
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