The multidisciplinary research project ‘Resources of the
sedimentary basins of North and East Greenland ’ was initiated in 1995 with financial support from the Danish Research Councils (Stemmerik et al., 1996). In 1996, the hydrocarbon-related studies focused on the sedimen-tary basins in East Greenland between latitudes 71°N and 74°N (Fig. 1) where nine...
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| Summary: | sedimentary basins of North and East Greenland ’ was initiated in 1995 with financial support from the Danish Research Councils (Stemmerik et al., 1996). In 1996, the hydrocarbon-related studies focused on the sedimen-tary basins in East Greenland between latitudes 71°N and 74°N (Fig. 1) where nine field teams worked for six weeks in July and August supported by a Hughes 500 helicopter. Within the framework of the project, additional hydrocarbon-related field studies were under-taken in 1996 in western North Greenland, and ore-geo-logical studies were carried out in much of North Greenland (Kragh et al., 1997; Stemmerik et al., 1997). The 1996 field work in East Greenland concentrated on integrated structural, sedimentological and bio-stratigraphical studies of the Upper Permian and Mesozoic successions. Two Ph.D. projects focused on the sedimentology of the Lower Triassic Wordie Creek Formation and the diagenesis of the Middle and Upper Jurassic succession. Post-doctorate studies were car-ried out on the Mesozoic–Tertiary structural develop-ment of the basin and the mineralisation of the Upper Permian Ravnefjeld Formation. Three student projects on Lower Triassic and Middle Jurassic ammonite stratig-raphy, Upper Permian sedimentology, and fault-asso-ciated mineralisation were also included in the work. The most important new results arising from the 1996 field work are: |
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