Papa Group Explained

Papa Group
Type:	Group
Age:	Permian - Triassic
Namedby:	Ritchie, J.D. et al^[1]
Country:	Scotland
Underlies:	Skerry Group
Overlies:	Zechstein Group

The Papa Group are a Triassic lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) beneath the seas northwest of Britain, and which originated as alluvial deposits.^{[2] [3]} It is the lateral equivalent of the combined Mercia Mudstone and Sherwood Sandstone Groups in the Irish Sea and onshore Britain.^[4] It contains the Otter Bank Formation and the Foula Formation.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Stratigraphic Chart of the United Kingdom:Northern Britain, British Geological Survey
3. Web site: Papa Group. Lexicon of Named Rock Units . . 19 October 2013.
4. Web site: Prospectivity of the United Kingdom (UK) Continental Shelf: West of Britain opportunities . Department of Energy and Climate Change . Promote 2013 . 2013 . 19 October 2013.
5. Web site: Otter Bank Formation (Permo-Triassic) . British Geological Survey . Lexicon of Named Rock Units . 19 October 2013.
6. Web site: Foula Formation . Lexicon of Named Rock Units . British Geological Survey . 19 October 2013.