Abstract: ABSTRACTDeltaic sediments of the Billund and Bastrup sands were deposited in a ramp setting in the storm‐dominated North Sea during the early Miocene. A marked relief in the hinterland and the relatively high precipitation resulted in a high sediment supply to the sea and progradation of major delta‐coastal plains south of the present‐day Norway. The focus of this study is on the forced regressive wedge system tracts of the two delta complexes, which show remarkably well‐developed marine erosional surfaces associated with sand‐rich pa...
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Paleontology
Geomorphology