Groups
FSP
Brioc Mb.
Horda
Horda
Brodie Mb.
Mousa
Horda
Caran Eq. Mb.
Sotra Mb.
Lista
Lista
Heimdal Mb.
Rhaetian
Tr50
Scale Break
?
Anisian Scale Break
Tr00
252.17 ± 0.06
Gzhelian
Scale Break
Moscovian
Cormorant
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Frasnian 387.7 ± 0.8 Ma 393.3 ± 1.2 Ma
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419.2 ± 3.2 Ma
Kyrre
Hod Åsgard
Valhall
Åsgard
Source
Ettrick & Burns Mbrs
Eldfisk
Shearwater
FLADEN GROUND SPUR
Turbot
Na-2 Mb. An-1Mb. Ca-1 Mb. Kupferschiefer
Ca-2 Mb.
Iris Mb. Auk
Findhorn
Fraseburgh Karl
Altmark Unconformity
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Strath Rory Struie Bressay ? Granite
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Eday Achanarras ? (Fish Bed) ?
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Coal
Gravel
Shallow marine & deltaic sandstone
Deep-water sandstone
Siltstone, mudstone
Marl
Calcareous shale Shaly limestone / and limestone limestone
Anhydrite
Halite
Buchan
? John O’ Groats Upper Orcadia
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Tuffs
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Buchan
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Yoredale
? Tayport
Buchan
Eday Marl
Strath Rory Upper Orcadia Lower Orcadia
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Firth Coal ?
? Firth Coal
Buchan
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Tayport ?
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Tayport Buchan ? ?
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Tayport
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Millstone Grit
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Tayport
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Flora
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SaalianUnconformity
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An-3 Mb.
Turbot
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Na-3/Na-4 Mb.
Ca-3 Mb.
Auk
Fraseburgh
V
Hiatus
Parry/ Alness
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Smith Bank
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Basement
410.8 ± 2.8 Ma
Auk ?
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Lower
407.6 ± 2.6 Ma
Lithology Key
Kupferschiefer ?
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Middle
382.7 ± 1.6 Ma
Emsian
PGS Chronostratigraphic framework for the North Sea and West of Shetlands (Version 1.2 / December 2015)
Mackerel
Åsgard
?
Smith Bank Morag
Iris Mb. Argyll Mb. Innes Mb.
Skagerrak Bunter Sandstone
?
?
372.2 ± 1.6 Ma
Silurian
Åsgard
?
?
Undiff. Old Red
Famennian
Pragian Lochkovian
?
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346.7 ± 0.4 Ma
Eifelian
?
Julius Mb. Judy Mb.
Smith Bank
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Visean
Givetian
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358.9 ± 0.4 Ma
Early
Bosies Bank
323.3 ± 0.4 Ma
Tournaisian
Middle
Smith Bank ?
Cormorant
Smith Bank
Jonathan Mb.
Joanne Mb.
Teist
?
Undiff. Old Red/ Clair
Dinantian
Serpukhovian
Cormorant
Smith Bank
?
Undiff. Old Red/ Clair
Namurian
Cormorant
Teist
Skagerrak
Josephine Mb
Lomvi
Lomvi
Auk
Upper 1
298.9 ± 0.15
Gassum
Lunde(Middle Mb.) Lunde(Lower Mb.)
?
Rotliegend
Sakmarian Asselian
Bashkirian
Late
Devonian
Artinskian
Lewis Mb
Gassum
Joshua Mb.
Stotfield Calcrete
Lunde (Upper Mb.)
?
Lower
265.1 ± 0.4 Ma 268.8 ± 0.5 Ma 272.3 ± 0.5 Ma
39.1 Myr
Capitanian Wordian Roadian
Kasimovian Westphalian
Z1
Mid - Cimmerian Unconformity
Cormorant
Harris Mb. (Cormorant)
Undiff. Statfjord
Raude Mb
?
Coal Measures
Mississippian Pennsylvanian Silesian
Paleozoic (part.) Carboniferous
Stephanian
Z2
259.8 ± 0.4 Ma
Kungurian
Cisuralian
Scale Break
Z3
?
Upper 2
Wuchiapingian
7.63 Myr
254.14 ± 0.07
Lopingian
Guadalupian
Z4
120.3 Myr
Permian
Changhsingian
Undiff. Shetland
Raude Mb
Lunde (Upper Mb.)
Z5/6
Fjerritslev
Mains
Golspie
Teist
?
Zechstein
Olenekian Induan
Gassum
Nansen Mb
Raude Mb
?
Upper
Early
Tr10
Intra - Aalenian (Mid - Cimmerian) Unconformity
Statfjord Eiriksson Mb
?
Bryne
Lady’s Walk
Nansen
Undiff. Statfjord
Ron Volcanic Mb.
Fjerritslev
Johansen
?
Bryne
Darwin
Statfjord
?
Orrin
Nansen Mb
Cormorant
ca. 242 Ma
Tryggvason
Jorsalfare
Amundsen
?
Cormorant
Tr20
Ladinian
Etive
Amundsen
?
Old Red (NS)/ Clair (WoS)
Middle
Tr32
Rattray Volcanic Mb.
Mid - Cimmerian Unconformity
Cook
Burton
Burton
Otter Bank / Shoal High
ca. 237 Ma
Tr36 Tr34
Intra-Drake Sandstone Mb.
Drake
Solan Bank
Carnian
Tr42
Tarbert Ness
Oseberg
Cook
Heron (CNS, Beryl) / Hegre (NNS)
50.9 Myr
Triassic
Tr44
Brora Coal
?
?
Tr46
Norian
Hugin
Rannoch
Broom
Tr48
Late
TAMPEN SPUR
Kyrre Åsgard Åsgard
Valhall
Åsgard
Etive
Pentland
Pentland/ Sleipner
Heather A1 Tarbert Ness Ness
Skagerrak
201.3 ± 0.2 Ma
Krossfjord
Sandnes/ Flyvberg
Beatrice
Hugin
Falster Eq
Hettangian
Fensfjord
Heather A2
Rannoch
Ling Mb.
Skagerrak
199.3 ± 0.3 Ma
Heather B
Heather
?
Fulmar
Egersund
Ula Gyda
Haugesund
Skagerrak
J00
(MS3)
Sinemurian
Tau
Pentland
Katrine Mb.
Tarbert Ness Etive
Ross
Kyle Mudstone
190.8 ± 1.0 Ma
Sognefjord Bruce Mb.
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Sauda
Ula Gyda
Piper/ Sgiath
Skagerrak
J12
Heather C
Emerald Mb.
?
Flekkefjord
Ribble Mb.
Skagerrak
Pliensbachian
Brae Mb.
Vyl Mb.
Vyl Mb.
Fulmar
Turbot
(MS5)
J14
J16
J18
Piper
Halibut Bosies Bank
Toarcian
Dirk Mb.
Draupne
Leek Mb.
Devil’s Hole Mb.
Lossiehead
174.1 ± 1.0 Ma
Brae
Heather
Drake
Birch Mb. Kimmeridge Clay
?
Åsgard
Valhall
Punt Mb.
Eday Marl
J22
Valhall
Halibut Granite
J24
Mime
Brae Mb.
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Fischiefer Bed Mb. ? Sloop Mb. Ran Sandstone Mb. Yawl Mb. ? Munk Marl Bed Mb.
Lossiehead
Aalenian
61.5 Myr
170.3 ± 1.4 Ma
J32
Bathonian
(MS8)
J33
J36
Callovian
?
Freshney
Heather
?
Sola
Sola Britannia Mb.
Tuxen
Hopeman
J44 J42
Rødby
Rødby
Captain Mb.
Ran Sandstone Mb.
Chalk Unit 1
Hidra
Hidra
Carrack
Carrack/Sola
Struie
Ca. 163.5 ± 1.0
?
Hidra
Coracle Mb.
Draupne
Turonian Shale
Blodøcks
Black Band Bed Mb.
Utsira High Granite
Oxfordian
(MS9)
J46 J52 J54
J56
Munin Mb.
Herring
UTSIRA HIGH
J62
?
Halibut Turbot
Kimmeridgian
Magnus Mb.
?
Hod
Skiff Sandstone Mb.
Carrack
Hod
Mackerel
Flounder
Statfjord Nansen
J64 J63
Munin Mb.
Magnus Mb.
Tor / Chalk Unit 5
Mackerel
Rødby
Shearwater
J66a
?
Svarta
Mime
Kimmeridge Clay
J71 J66b
Mime
Kimmeridge Clay
Tor
Mackerel
Rødby ?
Sola
Cormorant
Volgian
Kimmeridge Clay
J73 J72
Ca. 145 Ma
Heather
J74
?
Tor
Ekofisk/ Chalk Unit 6
Hod
Rødby
?
Stack Skerry
J76
Undiff. Shetland
Jorsalfare
K12
Ryazanian
Bajocian
Valhall
K14
Ca. 139.8 Ma
168.3 ± 1.3 Ma
? End of the World Sands
Valanginian Scale Break
Valhall Munk Marl Bed Mb.
Ptarmigan Mb.
Hauterivian
?
Ekofisk
Tor
Hidra
Rødby
Agat
Fischiefer Bed Mb.
Tuxen
Tryggvason
Mime
Rødby
Ekofisk
North Sea Marl
Tor
Sola
Speke
K32 K20
Tor
Våle
Maureen Mb.
Ekofisk
Undiff. Shetland
Carrack
Rona
K34
Rødby
Stack Skerry
K36
Hardråde
Svarte
Undiff. Shetland
Solan Sandstone
K38
Barremian
?
Macbeth Macbeth Black Band Bed Mb.
Victory
K40
Cruiser Carrack
K45
Neptune Mb.
Cromer Knoll Group
K50
Aptian
Svarte
K55
Dunlin (NNS) / Dunrobin Bay (IMF) Brent (NNS) Boknfjord (NDB) / Tyne (NCS CG) / Vestland (NCS CNS) Humber (UKCS) / Viking (NCS NNS) Fladen (UKCS CNS)
Albian
?
Rødby
Banks (NNS) / Skerry (WoS)
100.5 Ma
73.8 Myr
Cretaceous
Cenomanian
?
K50 (BP)
93.9 Ma
Jurassic
?
Kyrre
Turonian
Mesozoic
Undiff. Shetland
Fair Mb.
Coniacian
Commodore Mb.
Foula
K60 (BP)
Lista
Våle
Våle
Maureen Mb.
Kyrre
Macbeth
86.3 ± 0.5 Ma
?
Royal Sovereign Mb.
Santonian
?
Våle
Undiff. Shetland
Jorsalfare
V
Borr Mb.
Våle
Våle
Jorsalfare
Balmoral Mb. Balmoral Tuff Siri Mb. Andrew Mb.
Egga Mb.
Ty Mb.
Ockran Mb.
V
Mey Mb. Lista
Ty Mb. Våle
Våle
Vaila1Mb.
Flugga/Hermod 2 Mb.
UTSIRA HIGH
Vaila 2 Mb.
Fur Mb. V V V Balder TuffV Mb.V Cromarty Mb. Sele Forties Mb. Fiske bank Mb.
V
Dornoch
Blodøcks
Kettla Mb.
Vaila3 Mb.
V
Chalk Units 2-4
Lista
Beauly V
V
Forties Mb. Hermod 1Mb. Sele Teal / Skadan Mb. Lista Lista Heimdal Mb.
Heather
Vaila 4 Mb.
Sele
Dornoch
Hod
Dornoch
Colsay Mb.
V
Farsund
Flett
Beauly V
V
Scapa Mb.
V
Kyrre
V
Mousa
Miller Mb.
V
Flounder
V
Mackerel
V
V
Fischiefer Bed Mb.
V V V Balder Tuff Mb.
Frigg Mb. Radøy Mb. V V V VBalder V V V Flugga/Hermod 2 Mb. Sula Mb. Sele Hermod 1 Mb.
lower Balder Tay Mb. Claystone Mb.
Kimmeridge Clay
Hildasay Mb. V
Balder Claystone Mb. Frigg/ Skroo Mb. Odin Mb. Balder V V V V V V
Balder Claystone Mb.
Sule Skerry
Campanian
upper Tay Mb.
Claymore/Galley
Horda
Valhall
Balder Claystone Mb.
Kyrre
K70 (BP)
Chalk / Shetland Gp.
72.1 ± 0.2 Ma
Horda
Horda
Caran Mb.
66.0 Ma
K80 (BP)
Nauchlan Mb.
Mandal
Mousa
Mousa Eq.
T10
Maastrichtian
Undiff. Hordaland Horda
Sullom Mb.
Scale Break
Vade
UII
Pentland
61.6 Ma
Danian
UII
Undiff. Chalk
T20
Skade
Lark
Lark
Skade
Shearwater
T82
T30
Lark
Lark
Turbot
32.1 Myr
T84
T40
Lark
Horda Eq. (Strachan Mb.)
T94
Selandian
Hutton
Grid Mb.
T96
T70 T60 T50 T45
Lark
FSN-2b
Naust
Utsira
Undiff. Shetland
T98
59.2 Ma
Early
Norwegian Danish Bas.
Reaper
Hutton Sst
Valhall
Paleogene
FSN-2a
Valhall
33.9 Ma
Thanetain
Middle
Central Graben
Reaper
Valhall
Scale Break
56.0 Ma
Late
Greater Moray Firth
E
NCS Quads: 8,9,10 UKCS Quads: 11,1213,14, UKCS Quads: 21,22,29,30 NCS Quads: 2,3,7 Da Quads: 5604,5504,5505 15,17,18 Inner Outer
Naust
Lark
23.03 Ma
Ypresian
Tithonian
Central North Sea
W
Reaper
Naust
Kimmeridge Clay
11.63 Ma 13.82 Ma
Lutetian
Berriasian
UKCS Quads: 2,7,8, 9,14,15
UKCS Quads: 9,16 NCS Quads: 15, 24,25
Cormorant
5.333 Ma 7.246 Ma
Reaper
Nordaland
1.80 Ma 2.58 Ma 3.60 Ma
47.8 Ma
Early
South Viking Graben
Halibut
Calabrian Gelasian Piacenzian Zanclean Messinian Tortonian Serravallian Langhian Burdigalian Aquitanian Chattian Rupelian
T92
Late
E
East Shetland Platform
Buchan
Cenozoic
Horda Platform
UKCS Quads: 3 NCS Quads: 27,31,32,35,36 NCS Quads: 30,33,34,35
Northern North Sea (South)
W
Naust
Bartonian
Paleocene
North Viking Graben
UKCS Quads: 2,3,210,211
FSN-1
Priabonian
Eocene
East Shetland Basin
E
Åsgard
Oligocene
Northern North Sea (North)
W
Åsgard
Miocene
0.0117 Ma
Upper Middle
SE
UKCS Quads: 202, 204, 205, 206, 213
Hordaland (NCS) Westray (UKCS)
Pliocene
NW
Stronsay (UKCS)
Neogene
Pleistocene
(Gradstein et al., 2012)
West of Shetlands
Rogaland (NCS) Montrose (UKCS) Moray (UK)
Quaternary
Holocene
Geochronology (Ma)
Stage
Surfaces
Epoch
33.9 Myr
Era Period
GSSP
Chronostratigraphic Chart (ICS, v. 2014-10)
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Intrusives
Metamorphic
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