Moray Firth Basin
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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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.