Regional magma plumbing and emplacement mechanisms of the Faroe‐Shetland Sill Complex: Implications for magma transport and petroleum systems within …

N Schofield, S Holford, J Millett, D Brown, D Jolley… - Basin …, 2017 - earthdoc.org
The movement of magma through the shallow crust and the impact of subsurface sill
complexes on the hydrocarbon systems of prospective sedimentary basins has long been …

Transient mantle cooling linked to regional volcanic shut-down and early rifting in the North Atlantic Igneous Province

JM Millett, MJ Hole, DW Jolley, SR Passey… - Bulletin of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Paleocene to Early Eocene Faroe Islands Basalt Group (FIBG) comprises a c.
6.5-km-thick lava flow–dominated sequence located within the centre of the North Atlantic …

Geochemical stratigraphy and correlation within large igneous provinces: The final preserved stages of the Faroe Islands Basalt Group

JM Millett, MJ Hole, DW Jolley, SR Passey - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Faroe Islands Basalt Group (FIBG) comprises a gross stratigraphic thickness of
over 6.5 km of dominantly extrusive basaltic facies erupted during the Late Palaeocene to …

[PDF][PDF] 3D geologic subsurface modeling within the Mackenzie Plain, Northwest Territories, Canada

N Raska - Master Thesis in Geographical Information Science, 2017 - lup.lub.lu.se
Three-dimensional (3D) models are widely used within the geosciences to provide scientists
with conceptual and quantitative models of the earth's subsurface. As a result, 3D geologic …

Igneous and sedimentary 'limestones': the puzzling challenge of a converging classification

F Stoppa, S Cirilli, A Sorci, S Broom-Fendley… - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The vast majority of extrusive carbonatites are calcitic rocks which may be confused with
sedimentary limestones, thus requiring a disambiguation criterion. Extrusive carbonatites …

Volcanic landscape controls on pre-rift to syn-rift volcano sedimentary systems: the Prestfjall Formation eruptive hiatus, Faroe Islands Basalt Group, northeast Atlantic

DW Jolley, SR Passey, H Vosgerau… - … Science Transactions of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The Paleogene lava flows of the Faroe Islands Basalt Group are divided into three relatively
thick formations. The oldest, the Beinisvørð Formation is separated from the second lava …

Evaluating reservoir properties and seal capacities of volcaniclastic rocks for hydrocarbon containment and their application to CO2 storage

SR Passey, CE McLean - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Volcaniclastic rocks are commonly overlooked as reservoirs or seals in hydrocarbon plays
because their compositions are variably unstable and reactive during burial diagenesis. This …

Large-scale magmatic pulses drive plant ecosystem dynamics

DW Jolley, SR Passey, M Hole… - Journal of the Geological …, 2012 - lyellcollection.org
The 6.6 km gross thickness of the Palaeogene lava field of the Faroe Islands Basalt Group
was erupted in the initial phases of North Atlantic rifting. Thin interlava sedimentary rocks …

Reservoir architectures of interlava systems: a 3D photogrammetrical study of Eocene cliff sections, Faroe Islands

H Vosgerau, SR Passey, K Svennevig… - Geological Society …, 2016 - lyellcollection.org
Following the intra-volcanic Rosebank discovery in the Faroe–Shetland Basin, NE Atlantic,
there has been a need to find suitable analogues to characterize reservoir architectures …

Ambient noise tomography reveals basalt and sub-basalt velocity structure beneath the Faroe Islands, North Atlantic

C Sammarco, DG Cornwell, N Rawlinson - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
Ambient noise tomography is applied to seismic data recorded by a portable array of
seismographs deployed throughout the Faroe Islands in an effort to illuminate basalt …