Computer Code: |
ERLBA |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
Status Code: |
Full |
Age range: |
Paleocene Epoch (GP)
— Early Eocene (GEE) |
Lithological Description: |
Basalt, described as altered quartz and olivine tholeiitic basalts of MORB-type (Ridd, 1983). |
Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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Thickness: |
Maximum thickness of around 825 m. |
Geographical Limits: |
Faroe-Shetland Basin, northern part of Quadrant 209. |
Parent Unit: |
Not Applicable (-)
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Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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Stratotypes: |
none recorded or not applicable |
Reference(s): |
Knox, R W O'B, Holloway, S, Kirby, G A and Baily, H E. 1997. Stratigraphic nomenclature of the UK North West Margin. 2. Early Paleogene lithostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy. British Geological Survey, Nottingham. |
Ritchie, J D, and Hitchen, K. 1996. Early Paleogene offshore igneous activity to the northwest of the UK and its relationship to the North Atlantic Igneous Province. In: Knox, R W O'b, Corfield, R M, and Dunay, R E (eds.) Correlation of the early Paleogene in northwest Europe. Geological Society, London, Special Publication 101, 63-78. |
Ridd, M F. 1983. Aspects of the Tertiary geology of the Faeroe-Shetland Channel. In: Bott, M H P, Saxov, S, Talwani, M, and Thiede, J (eds.) Structure and development of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge: new methods and concepts, 91-108. Plenum Press, New York. |
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
none recorded or not applicable |