词条 | Moray Group |
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| name = Moray Group | image = | caption = | type = Group | age = Paleocene to Eocene | period = Palaeogene | prilithology = mudstone, siltstone | otherlithology = sandstone, lignite, tuff | namedfor = Moray Firth | namedby = | region = North Sea and Faroe-Shetland Basin | country = United Kingdom | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = Dornoch Formation, Sele Formation & Balder Formation | underlies = Stronsay Group | overlies = Montrose Group | thickness = <30 m up to 500 m | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }} 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. References1. ^{{Cite web |title=Montrose Group |last=British Geological Survey|authorlink=British Geological Survey |series=The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units|url=http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=MORA}} 2 : Geological groups|Paleogene System of Europe |
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