Lunde Formation
The Lunde Formation is a Formation (geology), geologic formation in Norway. The formation was known to preserve fossils of ''Plateosaurus'' sp. in the Norwegian offshore (Snorre oil field, Snorre Field well 34/4-9S), dating back to the Rhaetian Period (geology), period. The formation comprises dry floodplain; paleosol/pedogenic, concretionary, brown, red, calcareous mudstones.Snorre Field well 34/4-9S
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Description

The Lunde Formation occurs in the northern part of a Late Triassic continental basin that covered most of the present North Sea area. Several thousands of meters of fluvial sediments were deposited in this basin during a thermal subsidence phase following Late Permian to Early Triassic rifting. With an approxima ...
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