Field mapping of Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Tertiary sediments in the Scoresby Sund region, East Greenland

Abstract

An eight-week. field season concluded the four-year mapping project on the Phanerozoic sediments of the Scoresby Sund region. Six teams worked in Scoresby Land, Jameson Land, Liverpool Land and the Kap Brewster area (see Henriksen, this report). In addition to the authors the following took part in the 1971 mapping: R. G. Bromley, U. Asgard, F. Surlyk (Univ. of Copenhagen), M. Aellen (Eidg. Techn. Hochschule, Zurich), J. H. Callomon (Univ. of London) and K. Birkenmajer (Polish Acad. ScL, Krakow).