Eocene post-rift tectonostratigraphy of the Rockall Plateau, Atlantic margin of NW Britain : linking early spreading tectonics and passive margin response

• Published in: Marine and Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Stoker, Martyn S., Kimbell, Geoffrey S., McInroy, David B., Morton, Andrew C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Earth Sciences; Greenland; Rockall Plateau; Tilting; Iceland
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15253/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15253/1/Stoker_Eocene_RockallPlateau.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02648172

A regional study of the Eocene succession in the UK sector of the Rockall Plateau has yielded new insights into the early opening history of the NE Atlantic continental margin. Data acquired from British Geological Survey borehole 94/3, on the Rockall High, provides a high-resolution record of post-...