{"id":272,"date":"2023-05-20T08:46:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T06:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalpark.08eins-preview.ch\/en\/flore-et-faune\/geologie\/calcaire-de-le28099allgaeu\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T14:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T13:54:57","slug":"allgau-limestone","status":"publish","type":"florafauna_cpt","link":"https:\/\/nationalpark.ch\/en\/flora-and-fauna\/allgau-limestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Allgau Limestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Allgau limestone came into being over 150 million years ago in the depths of an ocean.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At that time an ocean arose between Europe and Africa, called the Tethys Ocean. Its shores were not very stable. Sometimes underwater mudflows carried material to the depths of the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The lighter layers are rich in limestone that was layed down in calm waters and over a long time.<\/p>\n<p>The darker, clayey layers however, were deposited in a very short time &#8211; in a matter of hours. 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