Papa Group

Papa Group
Stratigraphic range: Permian - Triassic
Type Group
Underlies Skerry Group
Overlies Zechstein Group
Location
Country Scotland
Type section
Named by Ritchie, J.D. et al[1]

The Papa Group is 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]

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. ↑ "Papa Group". Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Prospectivity of the United Kingdom (UK) Continental Shelf: West of Britain opportunities" (PDF). Promote 2013. Department of Energy and Climate Change. 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Otter Bank Formation (Permo-Triassic)". Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Foula Formation". Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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