SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF A FAULT-CONTROLLED EARLY PALEOCENE INCISED-VALLEY SYSTEM, NUUSSUAQ BASIN, WEST GREENLAND

1998 ◽  
pp. 109-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
GREGERS DAM ◽  
MARTIN SØNDERHOLM
Keyword(s):  
Incised Valley ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Early Paleocene

scholarly journals Lithostratigraphy of the Cretaceous–Paleocene Nuussuaq Group, Nuussuaq Basin, West Greenland

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 1-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregers Dam ◽  
Gunver Krarup Pedersen ◽  
Martin Sønderholm ◽  
Helle H. Midtgaard ◽  
Lotte Melchior Larsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Data ◽  
Labrador Sea ◽  
Rift Basins ◽  
New Members ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Late Mesozoic ◽  
Marine Deposits ◽  
Deep Wells ◽  
Early Paleocene ◽  
Sea Floor Spreading

The Nuussuaq Basin is the only exposed Cretaceous–Paleocene sedimentary basin in West Greenland and is one of a complex of linked rift basins stretching from the Labrador Sea to northern Baffin Bay. These basins developed along West Greenland as a result of the opening of the Labrador Sea in Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic times. The Nuussuaq Basin is exposed in West Greenland between 69°N and 72°N on Disko, Nuussuaq, Upernivik Ø, Qeqertarsuaq, Itsaku and Svartenhuk Halvø and has also been recorded in a number of shallow and deep wells in the region. The sediments are assigned to the more than 6 km thick Nuussuaq Group (new) which underlies the Palaeogene plateau basalts of the West Greenland Basalt Group. The sediment thickness is best estimated from seismic data; in the western part of the area, seismic and magnetic data suggest that the succession is at least 6 km and possibly as much as 10 km thick. The exposed Albian–Paleocene part of the succession testifies to two main episodes of regional rifting and basin development: an Early Cretaceous and a Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene episode prior to the start of sea-floor spreading in mid-Paleocene time. This exposed section includes fan delta, fluviodeltaic, shelfal and deep marine deposits. The Nuussuaq Group is divided into ten formations, most of which have previously been only briefly described, with the exception of their macrofossil content. In ascending stratigraphic order, the formations are: the Kome Formation, the Slibestensfjeldet Formation (new), the Upernivik Næs Formation, the Atane Formation (including four new members – the Skansen, Ravn Kløft, Kingittoq and Qilakitsoq Members – and one new bed, the Itivnera Bed), the Itilli Formation (new, including four new members, the Anariartorfik, Umiivik, Kussinerujuk and Aaffarsuaq Members), the Kangilia Formation (including the redefined Annertuneq Conglomerate Member and the new Oyster–Ammonite Conglomerate Bed), the Quikavsak Formation (including three new members: the Tupaasat, Nuuk Qiterleq and Paatuutkløften Members), the Agatdal Formation, the Eqalulik Formation (new, including the Abraham Member), and the Atanikerluk Formation (including five members: the Naujât, Akunneq (new), Pingu (new), Umiussat and Assoq (new) Members).

scholarly journals Mantle plumes and sequence stratigraphy; Late Maastrichtian- Early Paleocene of West Greenland

2001 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 189-207
Author(s):  
Gregers Dam
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Flood Basalt ◽  
Mantle Plumes ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Sedimentary Sequences ◽  
The North ◽  
Early Paleocene ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sequence Boundaries

The sedimentary history of the upper Maastrichtian–Paleocene succession underneath the extensive Paleocene flood basalts in central West Greenland supports models for the generation of flood basalt provinces in response to rising, hot mantle plumes. The rise of the North Atlantic mantle plume was associated with deposition of at least three sedimentary sequences; each associated with incision of submarine canyons and valleys. Relative sea-level changes were caused by plumerelated tectonics and generation of sequence boundaries was in general associated with catastrophic sedimentation and very rapid development of sequences. As such the late Maastrichtian–early Paleocene sequences record a spectacular and significant but rare geological event.

scholarly journals On the genus Vanikoropsis Meek, 1876 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) from the Paleocene of Denmark and West Greenland with descriptions of three new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 215-232
Author(s):  
Kai Ingemann Schnetler ◽  
Mogens Stentoft Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Early Paleocene ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Stratigraphic Range

The predominantly Cretaceous gastropod genus Vanikoropsis Meek, 1876 is represented in the Paleocene of Denmark and West Greenland by four species, of which three are established herein as new, viz. Vanikoropsis mortenseni n. sp., Vanikoropsis (s.l.) jakobseni n. sp. and Vanikoropsis (s.l.) bashforthi n. sp. The Danish species was found in a boulder of Kerteminde Marl (Selandian, middle Paleocene) from Gundstrup, while the species from West Greenland were found in the localities Sonja Lens and Qaarsutjægerdal on the Nuussuaq peninsula (late Danian, early Paleocene). The Danish species extends the stratigraphic range of the genus into the middle Paleocene and supports the affinities of the Kerteminde Marl fauna to the Paleocene fauna of West Greenland.

Seasonal diving and foraging behaviour of Eastern Canada-West Greenland bowhead whales

2020 ◽  
Vol 643 ◽  
pp. 197-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
SME Fortune ◽  
SH Ferguson ◽  
AW Trites ◽  
B LeBlanc ◽  
V LeMay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Calanoid Copepods ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Bowhead Whales ◽  
Seasonal Movement ◽  
Dive Behaviour ◽  
Calanus Glacialis ◽  
Canada West

Climate change may affect the foraging success of bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus by altering the diversity and abundance of zooplankton species available as food. However, assessing climate-induced impacts first requires documenting feeding conditions under current environmental conditions. We collected seasonal movement and dive-behaviour data from 25 Eastern Canada-West Greenland bowheads instrumented with time-depth telemetry tags and used state-space models to examine whale movements and dive behaviours. Zooplankton samples were also collected in Cumberland Sound (CS) to determine species composition and biomass. We found that CS was used seasonally by 14 of the 25 tagged whales. Area-restricted movement was the dominant behaviour in CS, suggesting that the tagged whales allocated considerable time to feeding. Prey sampling data suggested that bowheads were exploiting energy-rich Arctic copepods such as Calanus glacialis and C. hyperboreus during summer. Dive behaviour changed seasonally in CS. Most notably, probable feeding dives were substantially shallower during spring and summer compared to fall and winter. These seasonal changes in dive depths likely reflect changes in the vertical distribution of calanoid copepods, which are known to suspend development and overwinter at depth during fall and winter when availability of their phytoplankton prey is presumed to be lower. Overall, CS appears to be an important year-round foraging habitat for bowheads, but is particularly important during the late summer and fall. Whether CS will remain a reliable feeding area for bowhead whales under climate change is not yet known.

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