NORWAY · LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY · FORMATION
Kai Fm
Part of the Nordland Gp
Kai Fm is a formation of the Nordland Gp on the Norwegian shelf. 338 wellbores have a top filed in it, at a median of 1,403 m along the wellbore.
- 338
- wellbores with a top
- 1,403
- m median top · 1,077 to 1,588 for the middle 80%
- 0
- wellbores cored in it
- 0
- m of core
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Description
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
Name The Norwegian word for quay. The formation corresponds to the informal Korgen Formation (H6-2).
Well type section Well 6407/1-2 (Statoil), coordinates 64°47'50.61"N, 07°02'23.76"E, from 1690 m to 1419 m (Fig 4.38). No cores.
Thickness 271 m in the type well.
Lithology Alternating claystone, siltstone and sandstone with limestone stringers. Glauconite, pyrite and shell fragments are common.
Basal Stratotype The base is defined by a decrease in interval transit time on the sonic log and an increase in the density log readings.
Lateral extent and variation The formation is present throughout the Haltenbanken area apart from the crest of the Nordland Ridge. The sand content varies locally.
Age Early Miocene to Late Pliocene.1)
Depositional environment The formation was deposited in marine environments with varying water depths.
Source Dalland, A., Worsley, D. and Ofstad, K. (eds.) 1988: A lithostratigraphic scheme for the Mesozoic and Cenozoic success
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About this data
Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir) FactPages, mirrored nightly and used under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Tops and cored lengths are the Directorate's, per wellbore and unit; the percentiles are computed from those tops and are depths along the wellbore, not true vertical depth.
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