The Faroe-Shetland Basin: a regional perspective from the Palaeocene to the present day and its relationship to the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean

• Main Authors: Ellis, David, Stoker, Martyn S.
• Other Authors: Cannon, S.J.C., Ellis, D.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of London 2014
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Arctic; Greenland; Reykjanes; Kolbeinsey; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503195/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503195/1/Ellis%20and%20Stoker_SP397_2014.pdf; http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/397/1/11

The Faroe-Shetland Basin is located offshore NW Scotland on the SE margin of the Atlantic Ocean and comprises numerous sub-basins and intra-basin highs that are host to a number of significant hydrocarbon discoveries. The principal hydrocarbon discoveries are in Palaeocene–Eocene strata, though earl...