New Geological Maps of North and North-East Greenland
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)
The maps are available at:
http://www.geus.dk/geuspage-uk.htm
The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) has published
forty-nine new geological maps of North and North-East Greenland on a
scale of 1:250.000.
The maps cover the area from 80 degrees North in western North
Greenland, over the northernmost tip of Greenland at Kap Morris Jesup,
and south to Scoresby Sund in central East Greenland. The maps include
many years of geological mapping of the most remote parts of Greenland
and are based on information from seven 1:500.000 geological map sheets
published over the period 1984-2004.
Geological mapping of North and North-East Greenland on a scale of
1:500.000 was initiated in 1968 by Geological Survey of Greenland and
completed by Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) in 1998
after many mapping expeditions. The progressive development of the
geological understanding of North and North-East Greenland over the past
two decades has been incorporated into the new maps. The nomenclature of
map units has been made consistent across the original map boundaries,
and a common geological legend for all 1:250.000 maps is printed as a
separate sheet.
During the mapping from 1968 to 1998, about one hundred people
participated in the field work each summer. The work was organized as
large expeditions operating from base camps, from which geologists were
flown into the mountains to conduct geological mapping on foot from
two-man camps. In addition to GEUS geologists, researchers from many
institutions in Denmark and abroad have participated, resulting in an
intensified processing of the acquired data.
The printing of the new geological map sheets is financed by the Aage V.
Jensen's Foundations.
The topographical and geological data can be found on an interactive map
at:
http://arcims.mim.dk/website/GEUS/Greenland/Geo_Neg
For further information, please contact:
Willy Lehmann Weng
Phone: +45-38-14-22-60
E-mail: ww [at] geus.dk