A new Tertiary basin east of Lundy Island
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Journal of the Geological Society
- Vol. 131 (2) , 223-225
- https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.131.2.0223
Abstract
Seismic profiling in the outer Bristol Channel has enabled the Sticklepath-Lustleigh fault zone of Devon to be traced offshore from Barnstaple Bay for at least 52 km to the NW. This fault, which passes 4·5 km E of Lundy Island forms the western margin of a large sedimentary basin. Five boreholes into this basin proved silts, mudstones, lignitic clays and lignites of middle to upper Oligocene age.Keywords
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