Moray Firth Basin

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geological basin sedimentary basin

The Moray Firth Basin is a major sedimentary basin in northeastern Scotland and adjacent North Sea waters, known for its thick Devonian and younger deposits and its importance in regional geology and hydrocarbon exploration.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Moray Firth Basin canonical	2
Moray Firth basin	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geological basin ⓘ sedimentary basin ⓘ
adjacentTo	Central Graben ⓘ Orcadian Basin ⓘ Outer Hebrides ⓘ surface form: Outer Hebrides region
contains	Carboniferous sedimentary rocks ⓘ Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ Cretaceous sedimentary rocks ⓘ Devonian sedimentary rocks ⓘ Jurassic sedimentary rocks ⓘ Permian sedimentary rocks ⓘ Triassic sedimentary rocks ⓘ marine sedimentary sequences ⓘ non-marine sedimentary sequences ⓘ reservoir sandstones ⓘ seal rocks ⓘ source rocks ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
economicImportance	hydrocarbon production ⓘ offshore energy development ⓘ
exploredBy	offshore drilling ⓘ
exploredSince	20th century ⓘ
formedBy	Mesozoic rifting ⓘ
geologicalAge	Devonian to Cenozoic ⓘ
governedBy	United Kingdom Continental Shelf regulations ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	thick Devonian and younger deposits ⓘ
hasResourceType	natural gas ⓘ oil ⓘ
hasStructuralFeature	graben structures ⓘ horst blocks ⓘ normal faults ⓘ tilted fault blocks ⓘ
hasSubBasin	Moray Firth ⓘ surface form: Inner Moray Firth Moray Firth ⓘ surface form: Outer Moray Firth Witch Ground Graben ⓘ
knownFor	hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ offshore oil and gas fields ⓘ
locatedIn	North Sea ⓘ northeastern Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter	Moray Firth ⓘ
overlies	Caledonian basement ⓘ
partOf	North Sea ⓘ surface form: North Sea petroleum province North Sea rift system ⓘ
relevantTo	basin analysis ⓘ petroleum systems analysis ⓘ
studiedIn	North Sea petroleum geology ⓘ regional geology of Scotland ⓘ
tectonicSetting	extensional basin ⓘ rift basin ⓘ
underlainBy	Precambrian and Lower Paleozoic rocks ⓘ

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Subject: Moray Firth Basin
Description of subject: The Moray Firth Basin is a major sedimentary basin in northeastern Scotland and adjacent North Sea waters, known for its thick Devonian and younger deposits and its importance in regional geology and hydrocarbon exploration.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Red Sandstone → foundInRegion → Moray Firth Basin ⓘ

North Sea rift system → contains → Moray Firth Basin ⓘ

River Lossie → drainageBasin → Moray Firth Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moray Firth basin