scholarly journals Regional geological investigations and 1:500 000 mapping in North-East Greenland

1989 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 88-90
Author(s):  
N Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
Aerial Photograph ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Regional Mapping ◽  
Major Area ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
Field Mapping ◽  
North East

North-East Greenland is the last major area that remains to be geologicaIly mapped in the programme of regional mapping at a scale of 1:500000. In 1988 a three-year field mapping programme was initiated aimed at regional geological studies and geological mapping in the area between 75°N and 78°N. The southern third of this region (75°-76°N) is included on the map at a scale of 1:250000 by Koch & Haller (1971), and the n0rthern part forms part of a map at a scale of 1:1 000000 (Haller, 1983). However, the region as a whole has previously only been studied on a reconnaissance basis with limited ground control, and the published maps make extensive use of aerial photograph interpretation.

scholarly journals Regional geology and 1:500 000 mapping in North-East Greenland

1990 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
N Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Fold Belt ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
Regional Geology ◽  
Field Mapping ◽  
North East ◽  
General Geology ◽  
Geological Map

A three-year field mapping programme was initiated in 1988 aiming at regional geological studies and geological mapping in North-East Greenland between latitudes 75° and 78°N. This region encompasses relatively little known parts of the Caledonian fold belt and the overlying post-Caledonian sequences, which lie north of the better known regions of central East Greenland (Henriksen, 1989). Major aims of the programme include compilation a 1:500 000 geological map, and an understanding of the general geology of the region.

scholarly journals Preliminary investigations in South-East Greenland

1966 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 54-57
Author(s):  
D Bridgwater
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Age Determination ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Regional Mapping ◽  
Isotopic Age ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
Geological Map ◽  
To Receive

As a first stage in planning a regional mapping programme on the south-east coast of Greenland from Scoresby Sund to Kap Farvel, the available material from previous expeditions has been examined and a provisional geological map is being compiled. A programme of isotopic age determination has been started in collaboration with F. J. Fitch (London University) and J. A. Miller (Cambridge University) in order to help localise areas in which to concentrate future detailed geological mapping. The Geological Survey of Greenland will be very pleased to receive information gathered on recent expeditions to this coast which may be of help in planning and which could prevent a senseless dupliaation of effort.

Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland

1969 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 1-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony K. Higgins
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Place Names ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
New Name ◽  
Systematic Compilation

The first recorded landing by Europeans on the coast of northern East Greenland (north of 69°N) was that of William Scoresby Jr., a British whaler, in 1822. This volume includes a chronological summary of the pioneer 19th century exploration voyages made by British, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, French and German expeditions – all of whom reported that the region had previously been occupied by the Inuit or Eskimo; also included are brief outlines of the increasing number of government and privately sponsored expeditions throughout the 20th century, whose objectives included cartography, geology, zoology, botany, trapping and the ascent of the highest mountain summits. In 1934 the Place Name Committee for Greenland was established, the tasks of which included a review of all place names hitherto recorded on published maps of Greenland, their formal adoption in danicised form, and the approval or rejection of new name proposals. In northern East Greenland, by far the largest numbers of new place names were those proposed by scientists associated with Lauge Koch's geological expeditions that lasted from 1926 until 1958. This volume records the location and origin of more than 3000 officially approved place names as well as about 2650 unapproved names. The author's interest in the exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland started in 1968, when the Geological Survey of Greenland initiated a major five-year geological mapping programme in the Scoresby Sund region. Systematic compilation of names began about 1970, initially with the names given by William Scoresby Jr., and subsequently broadened in scope to include the names proposed by all expeditions to northern East Greenland. The author has participated in 16 summer mapping expeditions with the Survey to northern East Greenland. Publication of this volume represents the culmination of a lifetime working in the Arctic.

The Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glacier project, North-East Greenland: a study of ice sheet response to climatic change

1997 ◽  
pp. 95-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Højmark Thomsen ◽  
Niels Reeh ◽  
Ole B. Olesen ◽  
Carl Egede Bøggilde ◽  
Wolfgang Starzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climatic Change ◽  
Ice Sheet ◽  
Greenland Ice Sheet ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
North East ◽  
Integrated Research ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Advance Research ◽  
Inland Ice

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Højmark Thomsen, H., Reeh, N., Olesen, O. B., Egede Bøggilde, C., Starzer, W., Weidick, A., & Higgins, A. K. (1997). The Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glacier project, North-East Greenland: a study of ice sheet response to climatic change. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 176, 95-103. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v176.5073 _______________ Glaciological research was initiated in 1996 on the floating glacier tongue filling Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden in NorthEast Greenland (Fig. 1), with the aim of acquiring a better understanding of the response of the Greenland ice sheet (Inland Ice) to changing climate, and the implications for future sea level. The research is part of a three year project (1996–98) to advance research into the basic processes that contribute to changes in the ocean volume with a changing climate. Five nations are participants in the project, which is supported by the European Community (EC) Environment and Climate Programme. The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and the Danish Polar Center are the Danish partners in the project, both with integrated research themes concentrated on and around Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden.

The year in focus, 2000

2001 ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Kai Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
Major Field ◽  
Original Series ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
Field Activity ◽  
Year 2000

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Sørensen, K. (2001). The year in focus, 2000. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 189, 7-10. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v189.5148 _______________ The year 2000 was unusual in that it lacked major field activity directly involved with the systematic geological mapping of Greenland. However, field activities were again many and varied, including a successful highresolution seismic survey offshore central West Greenland, and a joint Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) – Danish Lithosphere Centre (DLC) project centred on Kangerlussuaq in southern East Greenland. Of the Survey’s 354 personnel, 93 were allocated to Greenland-related activities (Table 1). The Greenland level of activity in 2000, both in Copenhagen and in the field, thus compared favourably with that of 1999.

An outer shelf shelly fauna from Cambrian Series 2 (Stage 4) of North Greenland (Laurentia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 (S83) ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
John S. Peel
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
North East ◽  
Small Shelly Fossils ◽  
Stage 4 ◽  
North Greenland

AbstractAn assemblage of 50 species of small shelly fossils is described from Cambrian Series 2 (Stage 4) strata in North Greenland, the present day northernmost part of the paleocontinent of Laurentia. The fossils are derived from the basal member of the Aftenstjernesø Formation at Navarana Fjord, northern Lauge Koch Land, a condensed unit that accumulated in a sediment-starved outer ramp setting in the transarctic Franklinian Basin, on the Innuitian margin of Laurentia. Most other small shelly fossil assemblages of similar age and composition from North America are described from the Iapetan margin of Laurentia, from North-East Greenland south to Pennsylvania. Trilobites are uncommon, but include Serrodiscus. The Australian bradoriid Spinospitella is represented by a complete shield. Obolella crassa is the only common brachiopod. Hyoliths, including Cassitella, Conotheca, Neogloborilus, and Triplicatella, are abundant and diverse, but most are represented just by opercula. Sclerites interpreted as stem-group aculiferans (sachitids) are conspicuous, including Qaleruaqia, the oldest described paleoloricate, Ocruranus?, Inughuitoconus n. gen., and Hippopharangites. Helcionelloid mollusks are diverse, but not common; they are associated with numerous specimens of the bivalve Pojetaia runnegari. The fauna compares best with that of the upper Bastion Formation of North-East Greenland, the Forteau Formation of western Newfoundland, and the Browns Pond Formation of New York, but several taxa have a world-wide distribution. Many specimens are encrusted with crystals of authigenic albite. New species: Anabarella? navaranae, Stenotheca? higginsi, Figurina? polaris, Hippopharangites groenlandicus, Inughuitoconus borealis, and Ocruranus? kangerluk.UUID: http://zoobank.org/160a17b1-3166-4fcf-9849-a3cabd1e04a3

IV.-The Birds of North-east Greenland.

Ibis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. Bird ◽  
E. G. Bird
Keyword(s):  
East Greenland ◽  
North East

The problematic fossil Triplicatella from the Early Cambrian of Greenland, Canada, and Siberia

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1273-1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian B Skovsted ◽  
John S Peel ◽  
Christian J Atkins
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Functional Morphology ◽  
Lower Cambrian ◽  
Early Cambrian ◽  
Taxonomic Affinity ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
North East ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Two New Species

The cap-shaped Early Cambrian fossil Triplicatella, previously known only from Australia, is reported from the upper Lower Cambrian of North and North-East Greenland, western Newfoundland, and Siberia. The occurrence of Triplicatella in Laurentia strengthens faunal ties between Laurentia and the Australian margin of Gondwana in late Early Cambrian times and supports hypotheses advocating the close proximity for the two palaeocontinents. Two new species, Triplicatella sinuosa n. sp., and T. peltata n. sp. are described, morphological details of which help elucidate the functional morphology and taxonomic affinity of the group. Three opercular types attributable to Triplicatella are left in open taxonomy. The postulated affinity of Triplicatella to hyoliths is confirmed, although the genus can not be placed within either of the two orders of hyoliths currently recognized.

Early Holocene plant and animal remains from North-east Greenland

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 667-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ole Bennike ◽  
Svante Bjorck ◽  
Jens Bocher ◽  
Louise Hansen ◽  
Jan Heinemeier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Holocene ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
North East ◽  
Animal Remains
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