Sequence stratigraphic studies in the Jameson Land basin, East Greenland

Abstract

A three-year research programme in Jameson Land was initiated in 1993 as part of ongoing studies of the post Caledonian sedimentary basins in East Greenland. The project is supported by the Danish Ministry of Energy and is carried out as a collaboration between the Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) and Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen. The purpose of the project is to examine the relationships between fluctuations in relative sea-Ievel and the distribution of source- and reservoir rocks in the Upper Permian and Jurassic sedimentary succession in Jameson Land. The aim is to provide a framework for prediction of the hydrocarbon potential offshore East Greenland.