Geology of the Faroe-Shetland Basin and adjacent areas

The Faroe–Shetland Regional Geological Report produced
jointly by the BGS and Jarðfeingi provides an
illustrated descriptive summary of diverse topics of
geoscience organised into twelve separate chapters (see
contents) within the offshore area to the north and
north-west of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland Isles,
and around the Faroe Islands (Figure 1). Although the
UK/Faroese median line effectively separates the area
into north-west and south-east portions, this national
boundary has little relevance with regard to the geoscientific
description of the Faroe–Shetland report area.
In terms of geographical area and geoscientific content,
this report partially supersedes a previous version entitled
‘The geology of the Hebrides and West Shetland shelves,
and adjacent deep-water area’ by Stoker et al. (1993).
The eastern and southern margins of the report area
utilise the same boundary as that of Stoker et al. (1993),
whereas the south-west limit marked by the Wyville
Thomson Ridge (Figure 1) is specifically adopted to
align with the north-east boundary of a sister report
prepared concurrently and focused on the Rockall Basin.