Detail from the poster of the Upper Cretacous stratigraphy of the offshore Norwegian Mid North Sea

1. Mid Norway Upper Cretaceous sequence stratigraphy
K5
T10
Notpreserved
Nise Formation
Danian
Late
forexplanationsee
sheet1
Abundant
Common
Extinction tied
directly to
ammonite zones
not directly tied
to ammonite zones
MPP4C26
(pt) PT2A
G.pseudobulloides
Paleocene
MaastrichtianSeland.
(pt)
LateCretaceous
EarlyLateMiddleEarlyLateLateEarlyEarlyLateLateELt.
M.
C27
C28
C29
C30
C31
C32
C33
C34
MPP2
MPP3
MPP1
MK16
MK15
MK14
MK13B
MK13A
MK12
MK11
MK10D
MK10C
MK10B
MK10A
MK9
MK8
MK7
MK6
M.M.E.M.
CampanianSant-
anianConiacianTuronianCenomanianAlb.
(pt)
E.
Cret.
E.trivialis, G.cf.compressa
P.elegans, R.fructicosa
G.asper
R.rugosa
C.asymmetricum
R.szajnochae
A.intermedia
R.rugosa
DWAF
C.ovula
Diatoms
Coscinodiscus
sp.17
Inoceramus
E.concinnus
S.granulata polonica
Marginotruncana spp.
H.delrioensis
D.hagni
Cenosphaera spp.
ammodiscids
R.cushmani
H.delrioensis
H.planispira
A.reticulata
S.`magnifica´
P.grallator
A.acutulum,
H.pulchrum
O.operculata
P.infusorioides
T.suspectum
S.`cristatum´,
V.reticulata
H.difficile
C.`spinosa´
C.`spinosa´
F.deanei
S.coronatum,
C.membraniphorum
M.setosum
C.membraniphorum
L.siphoniphorum
G.cassidata,
R.paucispina
E.spinosa,
S.`borealis´
S.`borealis´
O.scabrosum
PT1
PK9B
2-5
PK9B
1
PK8C
PK8B
2
PK8B
1
PK8A
3
PK8A
2
PK8A
1
PK7B
PK7A
2
PK7A 1
PK6B
PK6A
PK5C
SB
K90
SB
K80
TS
K70
SB
K60
SB
K50
TS/SB
K40
TS/SB
k96sb
k95sb
k69ts
k69sb
k67sb
k64ts
k62sb
k56sb
Ku53SB
k48sb
S-Sc
beds
Springar
Sst.
S-Sc
beds
Månedal
Fm.
RoldBjerge
Fm.
Tang
Sandstone
Tang
Fm.
Nise
Sandstone
Not penetrated in
wells
Lysing
Sandstones
Lysing Fm.
Kvitnos
Sst. 2
Kvitnos Fm.
Kvitnos Sst. 1
NanokMbr.
HomeForlandFormation
Springar
Sst.
Lange
Fm. Lange
Sst.
Lysing
Fm.
Kvitnos Formation
Springar Formation
`Upper´
Lange
Formation
Notpenetrated
inwells
Østersletten
Mbr.
k66ts
K4
K3
T10
K90
K80
K70
K60
K50
K40
K30
k96sb
k95sb
k67sb
k66ts
k56sb
Kyrre
Fm.
Jorsal-
fare
Fm.
Våle Fm.
Tryggvason
Fm.
Blodøks
Fm.
Egga
Mbr
Svarte
Fm.
Blodøks Fm.
Equiv.
Not
penetrated
in wells
N.florealis,
D.trochoides
G.michelinianus
1
2
3
4
5
9
7
6
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
23
21
24
25
26
22
20
E.aff.trivialis
Cenodiscus spp.
PK9A
Vega
Sund
Månedal
Springar
FormationSpringar
Formation
T
T
T
T
T
T
R
R
R
R
R
T
T
R
R
R
R
T
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
Time(Ma)
Age
Magneto-
stratigraphy
polarity Chron
Epoch
Biostratigraphy
significant markers
Mid Norway
sequence
stratigraphy
(this study)
N-E
Greenland Vøring Basin
(structural highs)
Norway
(mainland
incl.
Andøya)
Møre Basin and Margin North Viking
Graben
North
Sea seq.
Sogn Graben
and Måløy
Fault Blocks
Copestake
et al.,2003
Mid Norway
Mega
sequence
this study
Major T-R
cycles
Mid Norway
T-R cycles
Boreal
Europe
Ammonite
biozone
Hardenbol
et. al.
(1998)
Foraminifera
Radiolaria + Diatoms
Paly.
biozone Dinoflagellate Cysts
DønnaT
Nordland
Ridge
Helgeland
Basin
N.
Trøndelag
sPlatform
A RQPONMLKJIHGFEDCB
44636-002/09.03 Hydro Media
S N
Micro.
biozone
Helland Hansen - Halten Terrace
Chrono-
stratigraphy
(Hardenbol
et al.,1998)