Cenozoic post-rift sedimentation off northwest Britain : recording the detritus of episodic uplift on a passive continental margin

Stoker, Martyn S.; Holford, Simon P.; Hillis, Richard R.; Green, Paul F.; Duddy, Ian R.. 2010 Cenozoic post-rift sedimentation off northwest Britain : recording the detritus of episodic uplift on a passive continental margin. Geology, 38 (7). 595-598. 10.1130/G30881.1

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Abstract/Summary

The Cenozoic sedimentary basins on the Atlantic margin of NW Britain contain a remarkable record of tectonically influenced post-breakup sedimentation. We have mapped the distribution and quantified the solid grain volume of four unconformity-bound successions in the region: the Eocene (~6–8 × 104 km3), Oligocene (~2 × 104 km3), MioceneLower Pliocene (~4–5 × 104 km3) and Lower PlioceneHolocene (~4–5 × 104 km3) complementing previous work on the Paleocene succession. Approximately 80% of the total Cenozoic sediment volume on the Atlantic margin of NW Britain was deposited in Eocene and later times. The relative volumes of the Cenozoic succession do not support previous claims that the Paleocene was the main period of Cenozoic uplift and erosion of sediment source areas. Rather, the Cenozoic sedimentary basins on the Atlantic margin of NW Britain record the detritus of four major episodes of Cenozoic uplift of the British Isles (Paleocene, Eocene–Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene–Pleistocene).

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1130/G30881.1
Programmes:	BGS Programmes 2010 > Marine Geoscience
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	PDF of paper also includes Data Repository item (supplementary material)
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences Earth Sciences
Date made live:	24 Jun 2010 12:19 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9879

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