Stratigraphic relationships of the Lower Tertiary of the Faeroe Basalt Plateau and the Faeroe–Shetland Basin

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 559-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. KIØRBOE
Keyword(s):  
Lower Tertiary ◽  
Basalt Plateau

scholarly journals Deep drilling on the Faeroe Islands

1984 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 133-138
Author(s):  
R. Waagstein ◽  
N. Hald ◽  
O. Jørgensen ◽  
A. Noe Nygaard ◽  
G. Schönharting ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Drilling ◽  
Secondary Minerals ◽  
Lower Tertiary ◽  
Faeroe Island ◽  
Deep Well ◽  
Basalt Plateau ◽  
Island Basalt

A 2178 m deep well was drilled in 1981 at Lopra on Suduroy into the oldest and non-exposed parts of the Lower Tertiary Faeroe Island basalt plateau. The drilled sequence consists of thick subaerial lavas and thin tuffaceous sediments and is very similar to the lower part of the exposed sequence. Secondary minerals indicate a fossil temperature of about 200°C at the bottom of the well. The present gradient is about 25°0 km. Migrated hydrocarbons suggest the presence of non-volcanogenic sediments at deeper levels.

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