A revised lithostratigraphic nomenclature for the Palaeogene Faroe Islands Basalt Group, NE Atlantic Ocean

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 127-158

  Passey, Simon R ^a   Jolley, David W ^b  

^a Faroese Earth and Energy Directorate   (Faroe Islands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Facies architecture; Stratigraphic marker units; Subaerial lava flows; Volcaniclastic rocks

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LAVA FLOW; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NOMENCLATURE; PALEOGENE; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 73449129363     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691009008044     Document Type: Article

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