OR/14/026 Modelled surfaces/volumes

Hulbert A G, Terrington R L. 2014. Metadata report for the East Midlands region of the Pennine Basin 1:250 000 resolution geological model. British Geological Survey Internal Report, OR/14/026.

The surfaces were generated from the structural depth contour plots. Well control was not directly used.

Surfaces modelled are (numbers relate to stratigraphic order):

Rockhead

1 Top Cornbrash

2 Top Penarth Group

3 Top Sherwood Sandstone Group

04 Variscan Unconformity

5 Top Hard Coal

6 Subcrenatum Marine Band (Top Namurian)

07 Top Dinantian

8 Top Asbian

9 Top Tournasian

10 Caledonian Unconformity

Figure 4 Image of modelled surfaces viewed from the South-West.

The figure below summarises the general stratigraphy from Pharaoh et al (2011):

Figure 5 Summary of the stratigraphy, geological and tectonic events for the East Midlands region of the Pennine Basin.