GeologyRocks

This week I am working in Holland, at Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam Airport.

I walked into the office from my hotel, it was cold with some snow left from yesterdays fall, and ice. This whole area is some two or more meters below sea level, and is criss-crossed by canals and waterways. Indeed Aalsmeer means Aals lake. The only geology I could see is in the sides of a newly dug excavation by a building site, the soil is light coloured sandy silt. It was not fully daylight, but there appeared to be shell fragments in the sand/silt.