Programme NordGrøn (PNG) 1983-1985: regional mapping and geological studies in western and central North Greenland

Abstract

Programme NordGrøn (PNG) is planned as an onshore, regional mapping, and stratigraphic and structural study of the ice-free areas of northern Greenland between Humboldt Gletscher in the south-west (800 N) and western Peary Land to the east (c. 45°W) - a region of about 45 000 km2 (fig. 8). It is a sequel to the three-year programme carried out farther to the east in North Greenland in 1978-1980 (Peary Land to Kronprins Christian Land, see Henriksen, 1979, 1980, 1981 and GGU Reports 88 (1979), 99 (1980), 106 (1981). PNG is scheduled as a two-summer geological field activity in 1984 and 1985; in the summer of 1983, a three-man group visited the region to undertake logistic preparation and reconnaissance studies.