The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Erlend Basalts

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
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: Maximum thickness of around 825 m.
Geographical Limits: Faroe-Shetland Basin, northern part of Quadrant 209.
Parent Unit: Not Applicable (-)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
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