Papa Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Permian - Triassic | |
Type | Group |
Underlies | Skerry Group |
Overlies | Zechstein Group |
Location | |
Country | Scotland |
Type section | |
Named by | Ritchie, J.D. et al [1] |
The Papa Group are a Triassic lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) beneath the seas northwest of Britain, and which originated as alluvial deposits. [2] [3] It is the lateral equivalent of the combined Mercia Mudstone and Sherwood Sandstone Groups in the Irish Sea and onshore Britain. [4] It contains the Otter Bank Formation and the Foula Formation. [5] [6]
Papa Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Permian - Triassic | |
Type | Group |
Underlies | Skerry Group |
Overlies | Zechstein Group |
Location | |
Country | Scotland |
Type section | |
Named by | Ritchie, J.D. et al [1] |
The Papa Group are a Triassic lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) beneath the seas northwest of Britain, and which originated as alluvial deposits. [2] [3] It is the lateral equivalent of the combined Mercia Mudstone and Sherwood Sandstone Groups in the Irish Sea and onshore Britain. [4] It contains the Otter Bank Formation and the Foula Formation. [5] [6]