The stratigraphy suggests an initial proglacial lacustrine environment where sediments were deposited at the mouth of a glacier fed river delta in a fairly calm environment. This was followed by a glacier advance and sea-level transgression and the deposition of glaciomarine sediments with marine fossils.
Í fyrstu hefur umhverfið verið í nánd við jökul, í flæðarmáli eða við jaðar óseyrar þar sem setið fellur úr árfarvegi í frekar rólegu umhverfi, a.m.k í vari fyrir ágangi sjávar.