The depositional architecture and facies variability of shelf deltas in the Eocene Battfjellet Formation, Nathorst Land, Spitsbergen

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: Grundvåg, Sten‐Andreas, Helland‐Hansen, William, Johannessen, Erik P., Olsen, Andreas H., Stene, Stig A. K.
• Other Authors: Hampson, Gary, Statoil ASA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Battfjellet; Nathorst Land; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.12131; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fsed.12131; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/sed.12131

Abstract Deltas are commonly classified according to their plan‐view morphology as either river‐dominated, tide‐dominated or wave‐dominated. However, most deltas form under the mixed influence of these processes, commonly with laterally varying process regimes. It has also become clear that there is...