Basin name |
Country/sea |
Period active |
Notes |
Reference/s |
Anglian Basin |
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Anglo-Dutch Basin |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Anglo-Welsh Basin |
Wales, England |
Devonian |
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Arfon Basin |
Wales |
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B&R36-7 |
Ayrshire Basin |
Scotland |
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Badbea Basin |
Scotland |
Devonian |
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T229 |
Banff Sub-basin |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Blackstones Basin |
Sea of the Hebrides |
Oligocene |
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T370 |
Bovey Basin |
England |
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B&R |
Bowland Basin |
England |
Carboniferous |
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Bratch Graben |
England |
Permian, Triassic |
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Bristol Channel Basin |
Bristol Channel, England, Wales |
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BGS Tm |
Canna Basin |
Sea of the Hebrides |
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BGS Tm |
Cardigan Bay Basin |
Irish Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Cardington Sub-basin |
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B&R54 |
Carlisle Basin |
England, Scotland |
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B&R |
Celtic Sea Basin |
Celtic Sea |
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B&R |
Central Coalfield Basin |
Scotland |
Carboniferous |
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Central English Channel Basin |
English Channel |
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BGS Tm |
Central Irish Sea Basin |
Irish Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Central North Sea Basin |
North Sea |
Carboniferous |
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T259 |
Central Pennine Basin |
England |
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B&R |
Central Viking Graben |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Cheshire Basin |
England |
Permian, Triassic, Jurassic |
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BGS Tm |
Clare Basin |
Atlantic Ocean, Ireland |
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BGS Tm |
Cleaver Bank Basin |
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B&R390 |
Cleveland Basin |
England, North Sea |
Carboniferous, Jurassic, Cretaceous |
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BGS Tm |
Clyde Basin |
Scotland |
Permian |
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T317 |
Cockburn Basin |
Celtic Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Coll Basin |
Sea of the Hebrides |
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BGS Tm |
Colonsay Basin |
Sea of the Hebrides |
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BGS Tm |
Corrieyairack Basin |
Scotland |
Neoproterozoic |
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T97,99 |
Craighead Basin |
Scotland |
Ordovician |
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T156 |
Craven Basin |
England |
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Crediton Trough |
England |
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BGS Tm, B&R290 |
Cressage Sub-basin |
England |
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B&R54 |
Cromdale Basin |
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Neoproterozoic |
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T97,99 |
Culm Trough |
England |
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Dalry Basin |
Scotland |
Carboniferous |
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T273 |
Denbigh Trough |
Wales |
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B&R |
Donegal Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
Dorset Sub-basin |
England |
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BGS Tm |
Douglas Basin |
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Dumfries Basin |
Scotland |
Permian |
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T316-7 |
Dutch Bank Basin |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
East Central Graben |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
East Fair Isle Basin |
North Sea |
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East Irish Sea Basin |
Irish Sea |
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BGS Tm |
East Orkney Basin |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
East Shetland Basin |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
East Solan Basin |
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Triassic |
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BGS Tm, T321 |
Edale Basin |
England |
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Edale Gulf on BGS Tm |
BGS Tm |
Erris Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
Faroe-Shetland Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
Cretaceous, Palaeogene, Neogene |
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BGS Tm, T363-4 |
Fastnet Basin |
Celtic Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Fetlar Basin |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Fife Basin |
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Fisher Bank Basin |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Fishguard-Cardigan Trough |
Wales |
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B&R65 |
Flannan Trough |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
Flett Sub-basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
Flimston Basin |
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B&R425 |
Forth Approaches Basin |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Gainsborough Trough |
England |
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BGS Tm |
Gramscatho Basin |
England |
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B&R |
Haig Fras Basin |
Celtic Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Hampshire Basin |
England, English Channel |
Paleogene |
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Harrogate Basin |
England |
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B&R |
Hatton Basin |
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Hinckley Basin |
England |
Permian, Triassic |
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Inner Hebrides Trough |
Scotland |
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Inner Moray Firth Basin |
Moray Firth |
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BGS Tm |
Irish Sea Basin |
Irish Sea |
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B&R464 |
Isle of Wight Basin |
England |
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B&R318 |
Kincardine Basin |
Scotland |
Carboniferous |
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T274 |
Kish Bank Basin |
Irish Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Knowle Basin |
England |
Permian, Triassic |
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Lake District Basin |
England |
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Lakesman Basin |
England, Irish Sea |
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B&R |
Leinster-Lakesman Basin |
England, Ireland, Irish Sea |
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B&R26-8 |
Lancaster Fells Basin |
England |
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Leinster Basin |
Ireland |
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Leven Basin |
Scotland |
Carboniferous |
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T287 |
Little Minch Trough |
The Minch |
Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic |
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BGS Tm, T258 |
Loch Indaal Basin |
Scotland |
Permian, Triassic |
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BGS Tm, T318 |
Lochmaben Basin |
Scotland |
Permian |
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T316-7 |
London Basin |
England |
Paleogene |
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Looe Basin |
England |
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B&R248 |
Magnus Half-graben |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
Magnus Trough |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
Malin Basin |
Sea of the Hebrides |
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BGS Tm |
Mauchline Basin |
Scotland |
Permian |
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T317 |
Mell Fell Trough |
England |
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B&R171 |
Melville Basin |
Celtic Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Midland Valley Graben / Midland Valley Basin |
Scotland |
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BGS Tm |
Midlothian Basin |
Scotland |
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Moffat Basin |
Scotland |
Permian |
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T316-7 |
Montgomery Trough |
Wales, England |
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B&R101 |
Muirkirk Basin |
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Munster Basin |
Ireland |
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BGS Tm |
Needwood Basin |
England |
Permian, Triassic |
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North Celtic Sea Basin |
Celtic Sea |
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BGS Tm |
North Channel Basin / Portpatrick Basin |
Irish Sea |
Permian |
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BGS Tm, T317 |
North Lewis Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
North Minch Basin |
The Minch |
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BGS Tm |
Northern Rockall Trough |
Atlantic Ocean |
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North Rona Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
North Sea Basin |
North Sea |
Cretaceous, Palaeogene, Neogene |
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BGS Tm, T363-4 |
North Staffordshire Basin |
England |
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Northumberland-Solway Basin |
England, Scotland, Irish Sea |
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Northumberland Trough |
England, North Sea |
Carboniferous |
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BGS Tm |
North Viking Graben |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Oldhamstocks Basin / Oldhamstocks-Dunbar Basin |
Scotland |
Carboniferous |
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T253,265 |
Orcadian Basin |
Scotland |
Devonian |
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Papa Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
Peel Basin |
Irish Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Pennine Basin |
England |
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B&R |
Petrockstow Basin |
England |
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B&R425,427 |
Pewsey Sub-basin |
England |
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BGS Tm |
Plymouth Bay Basin |
English Channel |
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BGS Tm |
Porcupine Trough, Porcupine Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Cenozoic |
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BGS Tm, T338 |
Portland-Wight Basin / Sub-basin |
English Channel |
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BGS Tm |
Rathlin Trough |
Northern Ireland, Malin Sea |
Triassic |
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BGS Tm, T318 |
Rhynie Basin |
Scotland |
Devonian |
see Rhynie Chert |
BGS Tm, T226-7 |
Rockall Basin / Rockall Trough |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
St George's Channel Basin |
Irish Sea |
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BGS Tm |
St Mary's Basin |
English Channel |
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BGS Tm |
Sandbach-Knutsford Sub-basin |
England |
Permian, Triassic |
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Sandwick Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
Scarvister Sub-basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
Sea of the Hebrides Trough |
Sea of the Hebrides |
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BGS Tm |
Severn Coal Basin |
England |
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B&R221 |
Shelve Sub-basin |
England |
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B&R |
Slyne Trough / Slyne-Erris Trough |
Atlantic Ocean |
Jurassic |
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BGS Tm, T338 |
Sole Pit Trough |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Solway Basin / Solway Firth |
Irish Sea |
Permian, Triassic |
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BGS Tm, T317 |
South Celtic Sea Basin |
Celtic Sea |
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BGS Tm |
South Devon Basin |
England |
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B&R |
South Wales Basin |
Wales |
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B&R |
South West Arran Trough |
Scotland |
Permian |
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T316 |
South West England Half-graben |
England |
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B&R292 |
Stafford Basin |
England |
Permian, Triassic |
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Stainmore Trough / Stainmore Basin |
England |
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BGS Tm |
Stanley Bank Basin |
Bristol Channel |
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B&R, 425 |
Stanton Trough |
Sea of the Hebrides |
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BGS Tm |
Stirling-Clackmannan Basin |
Scotland |
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Stranraer Basin |
Scotland |
Permian |
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T317 |
Strathtummel Basin |
Scotland |
Neoproterozoic |
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T99 |
Thornhill Basin |
Scotland |
Permian |
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T316-7 |
Tiverton Trough |
England |
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B&R290 |
Torridonian Basin |
Scotland, The Minch |
Proterozoic |
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BGS Tm, T71 |
Turriff Basin |
Scotland |
Devonian |
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T216,228 |
Tweed Basin |
North Sea |
Carboniferous |
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BGS Tm, T265 |
Ulster Basin |
Northern Ireland |
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BGS Tm |
Unst Basin |
North Sea |
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two arms; NW and S |
BGS Tm |
Usk Sub-basin |
Wales |
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B&R |
Vale of Clwyd |
Wales |
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Vale of Eden Basin |
England |
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B&R |
Weald Basin |
England |
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Weald Sub-basin |
England |
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BGS Tm |
Welsh Basin |
Wales |
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B&R |
Wem-Audlem Sub-basin |
England |
Permian, Triassic, Jurassic |
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Wessex Basin |
England |
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BGS Tm |
West Central Graben |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
West Fair Isle Basin |
North Sea |
Devonian |
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BGS Tm, T240 |
West Flannan Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
West Lewis Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
Jurassic |
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BGS Tm, T341 |
West Lothian Basin |
Scotland |
Carboniferous |
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T262,264 |
West Orkney Basin Complex |
Atlantic Ocean |
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BGS Tm |
West Shetland Basin |
Atlantic Ocean |
Devonian |
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BGS Tm, T239 |
Western Approaches Trough |
English Channel |
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BGS Tm |
Widmerpool Gulf |
England |
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BGS Tm,B&R |
Widmerpool Half-graben |
England |
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B&R196 |
Widnes Basin |
England |
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Witch Ground Graben |
North Sea |
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BGS Tm |
Woolhope Basin |
England |
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B&R |
Worcester Graben / Worcester Basin |
England |
Permian, Triassic |
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B&R |