Environmental, geochemical and ecological studies in the region around the Ilímaussaq alkaline intrusion, South Greenland

Abstract

This work was undertaken jointly by GGU and the Danish Natural Science Research Foundation (SNF) and was a continuation ofthe 'Narssaq project', initiated in 1974 (Bohse et al.,1975). In 1975, G. Asmund of GGU and the folIowing members of the University of Copenhagen, took part in the investigations: N. Christensen, J. Feilberg, R. Gwozdz, M. M. Hansen, J. Jørgensen, C. L. Larsen, K. Lindegaard-Petersen, P: Mæhl, B. Nielsen, C. O.Nielsen; D. Olsen, H. Sørensen, P. Willumsen and the present compiler. The main aim of the project is to compare the exogeneous, geochemical and ecological environments invarious areas withinthe Ilimaussaq alkaline intrusion with selected reference areas in the Julianehåb granite terrain outside the intrusion. There were five main studies in 1975 and these are briefly outlined below.