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The lithologies referred to the Kimmeridge Clay Formation are acknowledged to include the most important petroleum source rocks known in the North Sea. However, the correlations and historical review presented herein demonstrate that widespread use of the term ‘Kimmeridge Clay Formation’ is a misleading piece of stratigraphic nomenclature which stems from conflicting definitions of the unit both offshore and onshore. This has led to striking differences in the way the unit is perceived in different basins of the North Sea area.
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Doré, A.G., Vollset, J., Hamar, G.P. (1985). Correlation of the offshore sequences referred to the Kimmeridge Clay Formation—relevance to the Norwegian sector. In: Thomas, B.M. (eds) Petroleum Geochemistry in Exploration of the Norwegian Shelf. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4199-1_2
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