New insights in the stratigraphy and tectonics of Permo-Triassic succession in the Southern Permian Basin

Last update April 8, 2012

The Permo-Triassic succession in NW Europe is of great economic importance. The Permian Rotliegend gas play contains significant volumes and forms the main producing reservoir unit in the Southern North Sea, the Netherlands and Germany. Reservoir rocks of the Permian Zechstein are of importance mainly in NW Germany and Poland. Furthermore gas is produced from various Triassic units in the Netherlands, and salt by conventional or solution mining both from the Permian and Triassic. Despite these facts a coherent regional stratigraphic and paleogeographic framework for this period did not exist for all of these units.

New insights on the development of the Permo-Triassic succession in NW Europe have been published in my thesis (2005). This thesis was published in advance of the start of the Petroleum Geological Atlas of the Southern Permian Basin (see external links), and the material forms the basis of maps and text for mainly the Triassic chapter. This atlas has been published in June 2010 and is available from EAGE.

This site gives an overview of the stratigraphic correlations of the Permian and Triassic in the Southern Permian Basin area, and provides additional and updated material. Furthermore, material is presented on geology of salt with unique pictures of the Iranian salt desert (Dasht-e-Kavir) and the salt outcrops of the Zagros Mountains. On the cultural side some unique pictures are shown of a visit to Mount Athos (2007 and 2010) – likely this site will expand even further in future.

Content of this site (hyperlinks)

Regional log correlations New paleogeographical maps of NW Europe Stratigraphic column Thesis List of publications CV Links References Permian and Triassic Geology of salt Visit to Athos Contact

Picture: cycling on fossil eolian sand dunes, Moab, Utah, September 2010

© Mark Geluk, Leiden

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Last modified 08/04/2012