Heron Group

Heron Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic Epoch
Type Group
Overlies Zechstein Group
Location
Region North Sea
Country Scotland

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]

References

  1. ↑ Stratigraphical Chart of the United Kingdom:Northern Britain, British Geological Survey
  2. ↑ http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=HERO (BGS on-line lexicon of rock units)
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