Regional mapping of the Precambrian basement in the Fiskenæsset region, southern West Greenland

Abstract

The systematic mapping of the Fiskenæsset region which began in 1970 (see previous GGU Reports of Activities) was continued in the period June to September. Apart from the author the following geologists took part: C. R. L. Friend (Portsmouth Coll. of Tech.), A. M. Hopgood (Univ. of St. Andrews), D. K. Hutt (Univ. of London), J. S. Myers (GGU), G. A. G. Nunn (Univ. of Liverpool), R. P. E. Poorter (Univ. of Utrecht), T. C. R. Pulvertaft (Univ. of Copenhagen), J. Tonika (Geol. Surv. Prague) and B. F. Windley (Univ. of Leicester). R. K. Herd (Carleton Univ., Ottawa) continued the study of the sapphirine-bearing rocks of the area begun in 1970 and W. F. Fahrig (Geol. Surv. of Canada) visited the area for a shorter period to sample basic dykes for palaeomagnetic and isotopic studies.