Moray Group
Appearance
Moray Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Paleocene to Eocene | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | Dornoch Formation, Sele Formation & Balder Formation |
Underlies | Stronsay Group |
Overlies | Montrose Group |
Thickness | <30 m up to 500 m |
Lithology | |
Primary | mudstone, siltstone |
Other | sandstone, lignite, tuff |
Location | |
Region | North Sea and Faroe-Shetland Basin |
Country | United Kingdom |
Type section | |
Named for | Moray Firth |
The Moray Group is a stratigraphic group, a set of geological rock strata of Paleocene to Eocene age, found beneath the North Sea and in the Faroe-Shetland Basin.[1] Two sequences are recognised, a shelf succession consisting of sandstones and siltstones of the Dornoch Formation and a thicker basinal succession consisting of mainly mudstones of the Sele Formation and the Balder Formation.
References
[edit]- ^ British Geological Survey. "Montrose Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units.