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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1998; v. 133; p. NP;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.133.01.23
© 1998 Geological Society of London

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The Wessex Basin consists of a system of post-Variscan sedimentary depocentres and intra-basinal highs that developed across central southern England and adjacent offshore areas. It is part an extensive network of Mesozoic intracratonic basins that covered much of NW Europe. Like many of the other basins around the British Isles, it records the effects of Cenozoic intraplate contraction and structural inversion.

The Wessex Basin is volumentrically the most important UK onshore petroleum province and includes the highly productive Wytch Farm oilfield, the largest onshore oilfield in Western Europe. The papers in this book use subsurface data, largely obtained in the successful quest for hydrocarbons, and information from outcrops to provide up-to-date insights into the development, evolution and petroleum geology of this interesting and important region.