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Axial stratigraphic cross-section through the Slyne&#x2F;<span class="search-highlight">Erris</span> <span class="search-highlight">Basin</span>. The datum ...
Published: 01 August 2005
Fig. 15 Axial stratigraphic cross-section through the Slyne/Erris Basin. The datum is the Base Cretaceous Unconformity. In the Corrib Field area the oldest rocks above this unconformity are Albian in age and the youngest rocks beneath the unconformity have been dated as Early Portlandian. Absence
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Axial stratigraphic cross-section through the Slyne&#x2F;<span class="search-highlight">Erris</span> <span class="search-highlight">Basin</span>. The datum ...
Published: 01 August 2005
Fig. 16 Axial stratigraphic cross-section through the Slyne/Erris Basin. The datum is the Base Tertiary Unconformity. A relatively continuous, conformable, 650 m succession of Late Ryazanian to Aptian sediments was penetrated in Erris Basin well 12/13-1a, but is absent in the Slyne Basin wells
Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Published: 01 January 2001
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.188.01.02
EISBN: 9781862394360
... Abstract The Rockall, Slyne, Erris and Porcupine basins on the Atlantic margin off Ireland belong to a family of geologically similar basins stretching from offshore mid-Norway to offshore Newfoundland. Jurassic sequences act as reservoir and source rocks in many of the basins. Cretaceous...
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Series: Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference Series
Published: 01 January 2010
DOI: 10.1144/0071005
EISBN: 9781862394131
... have developed and tested new ways of improving seismic images, and of incorporating these improvements into geological interpretations. Here we illustrate this methodology using three case histories from the Porcupine, Slyne and Erris Basins. In each case, the first stage of the workflow consists...
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Location map showing the position of the Porcupine <span class="search-highlight">Basin</span> and Connemara disc...
Published: 01 November 2011
Fig. 1 Location map showing the position of the Porcupine Basin and Connemara discovery relative to the other principal sedimentary basins on the Irish Atlantic Margin, including the Rockall, Slyne and Erris basins.
Journal Article
Published: 01 June 1997
Journal of the Geological Society (1997) 154 (3): 503–508.
.... Shannon P.M. The Erris and eastern Rockall Troughs: structural and sedimentological development The Petroleum Geology of Ireland's Offshore Basins 1995b 93 London Geological Society 413 421 Special Publications Rumph B. Reaves C.M. Orange V.G. Robinson D. L. Parker J...
Series: Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference Series
Published: 01 January 2005
DOI: 10.1144/0061009
EISBN: 9781862394124
... in the Porcupine region were N–S throughout its Late Palaeozoic to Cenozoic history, while those in the Slyne, Erris, Rockall and probably Hatton basins were predominantly NNE–SSW to NE–SW. The main structural controls in the Goban region were orientated ENE–WSW and NNW–SSE. The Porcupine Basin is shown to have...
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Location and gross tectonic setting of the Faroe–Shetland region in the con...
Published: 19 July 2016
. The configuration of Laurasia is based on ‘Mid’ Cretaceous reconstructions of Ziegler (1988) and Doré et al. (1999) , and also includes information derived from Ritchie et al. (2011 , 2013 ) and Stoker et al. in press . AM, Ammassalik Basin; BK, Blosseville Kyst; ER, Erris Basin; FS, Faroe–Shetland
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Location map of present-day sedimentary <span class="search-highlight">basins</span> containing the Triassic Sher...
Published: 24 April 2024
within Triassic sandstone reservoirs and other notable Triassic geoenergy sites are also displayed (see text for further discussion). Abbreviations: CB, Carlisle Basin; CBB, Cardigan Bay Basin; CISB, Central Irish Sea Basin; EB, Erris Basin; EISB, East Irish Sea Basin; EMB, East Midlands Basin; FB
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Core porosity measurements for the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone reservoir, f...
Published: 01 August 2005
Fig. 7 Core porosity measurements for the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone reservoir, from three locations (see Fig. 2 ) in the North Porcupine and Slyne/Erris basins compared with: average porosity measurements for Triassic gas fields in the exhumed East Irish Sea Basin (EISB) and Southern North Sea
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( a ) Palaeogeographical reconstruction of Middle Triassic (after  Ziegler ...
Published: 21 August 2019
, Irish Massif; CB, Cheshire Basin; EISB, East Irish Sea Basin; SB, Slyne Basin; AGC, Annagh Gneiss Complex; DG, Donegal Granites; GG, Galway Granites; RC, Rhinns complex; PH, Pennine High; NI, Northern Ireland basins; EB, Erris Basin; MNSH, Mid North Sea High; STB, Stanton Banks; RB, Rockall Bank; RT
Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Published: 01 January 2001
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.188.01.01
EISBN: 9781862394360
... of the basins. These basins can be categorized into two groups. The first comprises the basins of Northern Ireland, the Irish Sea and Celtic Sea areas, and the inboard basins (Slyne, Erris and Donegal basins) of the Atlantic margin. They generally have a NE–SW elongate morphology and typically lie within 100...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 August 2005
Petroleum Geoscience (2005) 11 (3): 239–256.
...Fig. 15 Axial stratigraphic cross-section through the Slyne/Erris Basin. The datum is the Base Cretaceous Unconformity. In the Corrib Field area the oldest rocks above this unconformity are Albian in age and the youngest rocks beneath the unconformity have been dated as Early Portlandian. Absence...
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Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Published: 01 January 2001
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.188.01.03
EISBN: 9781862394360
... of this trend offshore Ireland (Slyne, Erris and Porcupine basins). Previously these organic-rich mudrocks were considered to be of little economic importance, due largely to their perceived limited areal distribution and low maturity. However, recent geochemical studies of oils and shales from exploration...
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Series: Geological Society, London, Special Reports
Published: 01 January 2016
DOI: 10.1144/SR27.19
EISBN: 9781862397071
..., forming a North Atlantic borderland basin system. The structural framework was largely inherited from Caledonian and older tectonic lineaments. These basins include the Porcupine Basin, and the Slyne, Erris and Rockall Troughs. The detailed depositional history varies from basin to basin, but overall...
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C. N. Waters
Series: Geological Society, London, Special Reports
Published: 01 January 2011
DOI: 10.1144/SR26.24
EISBN: 9781862396944
... Abstract This offshore area comprises two broadly NNE-trending Mesozoic and Tertiary basins present to the NW of Ireland: the larger Rockall Trough occurs to the NW of the interlinked Slyne Trough–Erris Trough–Donegal Basin (NW Offshore Basins). To the west of Ireland is the north-trending...
Journal Article
Published: 01 February 1991
Journal of the Geological Society (1991) 148 (1): 181–189.
... extensional structures, accompanied by crustal thinning, dominated in the north-south-trending Porcupine Basin. The NE-SW-oriented basins in the Celtic Sea, Slyne-Erris-Donegal and Rockall areas developed in a transtensional setting until Early Cretaceous times. The Goban Spur basins, at the confluence...
Journal Article
Published: 01 September 2010
Journal of the Geological Society (2010) 167 (5): 1033–1048.
... by Caledonian metamorphism and deformation, which also inhibit rigorous basin analysis ( Daly 2001 ). The Erris Group is thought to have a fluviatile to marginal marine setting ( Winchester et al . 1988 ; Daly 2001 ), whereas the Inishkea Division may represent a suite of greywackes deposited in a restricted...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 November 2011
Petroleum Geoscience (2011) 17 (4): 365–384.
...Fig. 1 Location map showing the position of the Porcupine Basin and Connemara discovery relative to the other principal sedimentary basins on the Irish Atlantic Margin, including the Rockall, Slyne and Erris basins. ...
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Journal Article
Published: 11 July 2011
Italian Journal of Geosciences (2011) 130 (3): 318–329.
... continental redbed successions of the Internal domains of the circum-Mediterranean orogenic belts. According to previous studies (e.g., P errone et alii , 2006 ; M ongelli et alii , 2006 ; C ritelli et alii , 2008 ; P erri et alii , 2005 , 2008 , 2010 ) the Amantea stratigraphic section represents...
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