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Fossils from Denmark (part 3) – getting exercise walking the beaches of Denmark – Deposits

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Niles Laurids Viby (Denmark) I have written a few articles for this magazine on specific formations here in Denmark. However, a lot of local fossil collecting is done simply by walking along the se…

Niles Laurids Viby (Denmark) I have written a few articles for this magazine on specific formations here in Denmark. However, a lot of local fossil collecting is done simply by walking along the seashore. Some beaches are fronted by cliffs - and some of those are base rock, like the cliffs at Fur or Mors (from the Lower Eocene, see my article, Fossil hunting in Denmark , in Issue 13), while most cliffs are ice age deposits of clay and/or sand . However, even the beaches without cliffs are often full of rocks that can include interesting fossils - including a number of the fossils declared 'Dan

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