Moray Group Explained

Moray Group
Type:Group
Age:Paleocene to Eocene
Period:Palaeogene
Prilithology:mudstone, siltstone
Otherlithology:sandstone, lignite, tuff
Namedfor:Moray Firth
Region:North Sea and Faroe-Shetland Basin
Country:United Kingdom
Subunits:Dornoch Formation, Sele Formation & Balder Formation
Underlies:Stronsay Group
Overlies:Montrose Group
Thickness:<30 m up to 500 m

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Montrose Group . British Geological Survey. British Geological Survey . The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units.