The geology of the Moray Firth

This report describes the geology of the Moray Firth which is here- taken 10 extend from the innermost Moray Firth eastwards to I OE. which is close to the United Kingdom/Norway Median lint. The area includes both the inner -and outer Moray Firth sedimentary basins as well as marginal basins north of the latitude of the Wick Fault. The report is onc of a series of ten Offshore Regional Reports produced by the British Geological Survey. and complements the 1 :25,0 000 geological and geophysical maps published. These: maps and repons have been compiled from data collected by the Survey and others since the late 1960s. BGS surveys and the production of both maps and reports, have been largely funded by the Department of Energy.