The Devonian basin project, North-East Greenland – a summary

Abstract

As part of the general studies of Phanerozoic basin development and onshore hydocarbon potential in East Greenland undertaken by tile Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) in the years 1986–1990, integrated structural and sedimentological studies of the Devonian basin in North-East Greenland (Fig. 1) were carried out in order to gain an understanding of the early basin formation folIowing the Caledonian orogen (Marcussen et al., 1987, 1988; Larsen et al., 1989). The immediate relevance of the Devonian basin studies lies in the necessity of having first-hand knowledge of the structural style and sedimentary history of the exposed part of the basin, in the deeper seismic image and early history of the Jameson Land basin farther to the south are to be understood (H. C. Larsen et al., 1989).