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Journal of the Geological Society; 2002; v. 159; issue.6; p. 627-630;
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-064
© 2002 Geological Society of London

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The rise and fall of the Faroe–Shetland Basin: evidence from seismic mapping of the Balder Formation

JOHN R. SMALLWOOD1 & CAROLINE E. GILL2

1 1Amerada Hess Ltd, 33 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7HY, UK (e-mail: john.smallwood@hess.com)
2 2Bullard Laboratories, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, UK. Now at Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, The University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK (e-mail: Caroline.Gill@glg.ed.ac. uk)

Seismic mapping of the Faroe–Shetland Basin from three-dimensional surveys provides striking evidence for uplift of the southern Faroe–Shetland Basin in the late Palaeocene and rapid subsidence in the early Eocene. The seismic reflector at the base of the Balder Formation follows a regional unconformity surface, which records erosion of a major branching drainage network into the underlying Palaeocene section, following a major base level fall. The topography of this surface was subsequently in-filled following marine transgression, and deep-water conditions returned to the basin in the early Eocene. We attribute base level changes to the influence of the proto-Iceland mantle plume beneath the lithosphere, providing support until continental break-up west of the Faroe Islands.


Keywords: Faroe–Shetland Channel, Balder Formation, Iceland Plume.




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