Establishment of an organic geochemical laboratory in GGU

Abstract

For some time organic geochemical evaluation of an appreciable number of surface samples from the Cretaceous-Tertiary sediments of West Greenland was performed by companies and research institutes outside Denmark (Schiener, 1976). In order to provide immediate controlof the data produced, as well as to acquire the necessary expertise within Denmark, laboratory facilities for organic geochemical analysis were set up in GGU in the spring 1977 with financial support from the Danish Natural Science Research Council (SNF). Establishing these facilities is part of an energy research project initiated by SNF in late 1973 to evaluate fossil fuel potentials of sedimentary basins in Greenland.