Moray Firth Basin

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The Moray Firth Basin is a major sedimentary basin in northeastern Scotland and adjacent North Sea waters, known for its thick Devonian and younger deposits and its importance in regional geology and hydrocarbon exploration.

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Generate an image of the Moray Firth Basin (The Moray Firth Basin is a major sedimentary basin in northeastern Scotland and adjacent North Sea waters, known for its thick Devonian and younger deposits and its importance in regional geology and hydrocarbon exploration.)

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Moray Firth basin 4
Moray Firth Basin canonical 3

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological basin ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
adjacentTo Central Graben ⓘ
Orcadian Basin ⓘ
Outer Hebrides region ⓘ
linked to: Outer Hebrides
contains Carboniferous sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Cretaceous sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Devonian sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Jurassic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Permian sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Triassic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
marine sedimentary sequences ⓘ
non-marine sedimentary sequences ⓘ
reservoir sandstones ⓘ
seal rocks ⓘ
source rocks ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
economicImportance hydrocarbon production ⓘ
offshore energy development ⓘ
exploredBy offshore drilling ⓘ
exploredSince 20th century ⓘ
formedBy Mesozoic rifting ⓘ
geologicalAge Devonian to Cenozoic ⓘ
governedBy United Kingdom Continental Shelf regulations ⓘ
hasCharacteristic thick Devonian and younger deposits ⓘ
hasResourceType natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
hasStructuralFeature graben structures ⓘ
horst blocks ⓘ
normal faults ⓘ
tilted fault blocks ⓘ
hasSubBasin Inner Moray Firth ⓘ
linked to: Moray Firth

Outer Moray Firth ⓘ
linked to: Moray Firth

Witch Ground Graben ⓘ
knownFor hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ
offshore oil and gas fields ⓘ
locatedIn North Sea ⓘ
northeastern Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter Moray Firth ⓘ
overlies Caledonian basement ⓘ
partOf North Sea petroleum province ⓘ
linked to: North Sea

North Sea rift system ⓘ
relevantTo basin analysis ⓘ
petroleum systems analysis ⓘ
studiedIn North Sea petroleum geology ⓘ
regional geology of Scotland ⓘ
tectonicSetting extensional basin ⓘ
rift basin ⓘ
underlainBy Precambrian and Lower Paleozoic rocks ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Red Sandstone → foundInRegion → Moray Firth Basin ⓘ
North Sea rift system → contains → Moray Firth Basin ⓘ
River Lossie → drainageBasin → Moray Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Moray Firth Basin
Dornoch Firth → partOf → Moray Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Moray Firth Basin
Viking Graben → hasNeighboringBasin → Moray Firth Basin ⓘ
River Beauly → drainageBasin → Moray Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Moray Firth Basin
River Nairn → drainageBasin → Moray Firth basin ⓘ
linked to: Moray Firth Basin