Kvamshesten Basin | |
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Coordinates | 61°25′N 5°33′E / 61.41°N 5.55°E |
Etymology | Kvamshesten |
Region | Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Characteristics | |
On/Offshore | Onshore |
Area | 75 km2 (29 sq mi) |
Geology | |
Age | Devonian |
Faults | Kvamshesten Detachment/Dalsfjord Fault |
The Kvamshesten Basin is a sedimentary basin containing coarse continental clastic rocks of Devonian age. It is one of a series of basins of similar age in southwestern Norway found between Sognefjord and Nordfjord, developed in the hanging-wall of the Nordfjord-Sogn Detachment.[1] It is named for the mountain of Kvamshesten.