The Heron Group is a Triassic lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) beneath the central and northern North Sea which is composed of alluvial deposits.[1][2]
Heron Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic Epoch | |
Type | Group |
Overlies | Zechstein Group |
Location | |
Region | North Sea |
Country | Scotland |
References
edit- ^ Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom:Northern Britain, British Geological Survey
- ^ http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=HERO (BGS on-line lexicon of rock units)