The Sherwood Sandstone and Bacton groups of the East Midlands Shelf – an onshore to offshore correlation using outcrop evidence and geophysical logs

This report is the published product of a study by the British Geological Survey (BGS) carried out as part of the CO2 Storage Research Facility (CSRF) project. One focus of this project is the distribution of rock properties as relevant to CO2 storage in the Bunter Sandstone Formation of the UK Southern North Sea. This report is based on a study of 20 days duration and extends work on the Bunter Sandstone inshore from the Dowsing Fault Zone to correlative strata (Sherwood Sandstone Group) onto the onshore portion of the East Midlands Shelf. Stratigraphic interpretations and descriptions are based on BGS understanding at the time of writing, and may be subject to change as further studies are developed and understanding evolves. All 2D and 3D geographic information systems were compiled in OSGB36 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700).