Papa Group
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| Papa Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Permian - Triassic | |
| Type | Group |
| Underlies | Skerry Group |
| Overlies | Zechstein Group |
| Location | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Type section | |
| Named by | Ritchie, J.D. et al[1] |
The Papa Group are a Triassic lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) beneath the seas northwest of Britain, and which originated as alluvial deposits.[2][3] It is the lateral equivalent of the combined Mercia Mudstone and Sherwood Sandstone Groups in the Irish Sea and onshore Britain.[4] It contains the Otter Bank Formation and the Foula Formation.[5][6]