Geological and geophysical work in central West Greenland

Abstract

During the summer a new programme for the detailed geological and geophysical investigation of the Cretaceous-Tertiary sedimentary and volcanic rocks of central West Greenland was embarked on. This programme follows on work already undertaken in this area since 1938 (see Rosenkrantz & Pulvertaft, 1969; Henderson, 1969b; Rosenkrantz, 1970). Extensive areas of thick sediments and an extension of the volcanic rocks have been discovered in recent years offshore from central West Greenland. A review of the published information is given by Henderson (in press). It thus became clear that the onshore area is a key area and that a better understanding of the exposed rocks would contribute greatly to the interpretation of the offshore geology.