The Danish Lithosphere Centre in 1995

Abstract

The Danish Lithosphere Centre (DLC) is funded by the Danish National Research Foundation and was established in 1994 (Larsen, 1995). In 1995 DLC undertook major field geological investigations in both West and East Greenland, and within the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) drilling on the continental shelf offshore East Greenland. More than 50 national and international researchers were involved in DLC field geological programmes, and 25 researchers from ODP member countries took part in the offshore drilling operations. The general aims and scope of these activities as well as the continued development of the Centre are summarised below. Preliminary results of the 1995 work programmes are given by van Gool et al., Larsen et al. and Brooks et al. (all this report).