| Computer Code: |
STLN |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Cenomanian Age (KE)
— Maastrichtian Age (KM) |
| Lithological Description: |
The term Shetland Group was introduced by Deegan and Scull (1977) for a unit of mudstone with relatively minor interbedded argillaceous limestones lying between the Cromer Knoll and Montrose groups in the Northern North Sea. |
| 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: |
The Shetland Group reaches up to about 2000 m thick. |
| Geographical Limits: |
The Shetland Group occurs in the Viking Graben, Beryl Embayment, East Shetland Basin and Magnus Trough. |
| 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): |
| Ritchie, J D, Gatliff, R W and Riding, J, 1996. 1. Pre - Tertiary lithostratigraphy. In: Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the UK North West Margin. British Geological Survey, Nottingham. |
| Johnson, H and Lott, G K. 1993. 2. Cretaceous of the Central and Northern North Sea. In Knox, R W O'B and Cordey, W G (eds.) Lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the UK North Sea. British Geological Survey, Nottingham. |
| Deegan, C E and Scull, B J. 1977. A standard lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the Central and Northern North Sea. Report of the Institute of Geological Sciences, 77/25; NPD Bulletin No.1. |
| King, C, Bailey, H W, Burton, C A, and King, A D. 1989. Cretaceous of the North Sea. In: Jenkins, D G and Murray, J W (eds) Stratigraphical atlas of fossil foraminifera, 372-417. Ellis Horwood Limited, Chichester, for the British Micropalaeontological Society. |
| 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. |
| Hancock, J M. 1990. Cretaceous. In: Glennie, K W (ed.) Introduction to the petroleum geology of the North Sea, 255-272. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford. |
| Waters, C N, Gillespie, M R, Smith, K, Auton, C A, Floyd, J D, Leslie, A G, Millward, D, Mitchell, W I, McMillan, A A, Stone, P, Barron, A J M, Dean, M T, Hopson, P M, Krabbendam, M, Browne, M A E, Stephenson, D, Akhurst, M C, and Barnes, R P. 2007. Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom: Northern Britain. (British Geological Survey.) |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
