Mapping of the Precambrian basement in the Buksefjorden region, southern West Greenland

Abstract

The summer of 1973, the second of a six-year series of field studies by teams from the University of Exeter, saw the completion of 1:20 000 mapping of the coast region from Ameralik (Narssaq-Præstefjord) south to Sermilik, i.e. approximately between latitudes 64°N to 63°30'N. The area mapped in detail, which excludes the Qilángârssuit island complex, extends inland for about 10 km. A.D.G. mapped the ground between Ameralik and Buksefjorden, M.R.S. mapped from south of Buksefjorden to, and including, the Tre Brødre anorthosite complex, B.C. covered most of the ground between Tre Brødre and Amitsuarssugssuaq, including Sanerata tima, and P.R.A.W. began work in the area between Alangordlia and Sermilik. B.C. also spent a week at the end of the season making a reconnaissance of Qilángârssuit.