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I HAVE been informed by an oil company that there is a formation of Miocene age in the central North Sea area which looks like volcanic tuff. I have made a preliminary examination of three specimens from this formation, which is about 100 m thick and widespread.
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OFTEDAHL, C. Miocene Volcanism in the North Sea. Nature 230, 109–110 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230109a0
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