What is the oldest river delta?

The Triassic Boreal Ocean delta plain, whose deposits are currently located in the Barents Sea, is around 230 million years old and is the largest delta plain, modern or past, known to exist. “We always knew it was large. There was little doubt about that,” Tore Klausen, lead researcher on the discovery, told Eos.



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