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The onshore studies carried out since 1988 have resulted in numerous publications, as summarised below: Biostratigraphy and palaeontology: Boyd (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998a, b, c, 2000), Hjortkjær (1991), Piasecki et al. (1992), Koppelhus & Pedersen (1993), Nøhr-Hansen (1993, 1996, 1997a, b, c), Nøhr-Hansen & Dam (1997), Dam et al. (1998b, c), Kennedy et al. (1999), Lanstorp (1999), Nøhr- Hansen & Sheldon (2000), Nøhr-Hansen et al. (2002), Sønderholm et al. (2003), G.K. Pedersen & Bromley (2006). Diagenesis: Preuss (1996), Stilling (1996), Kierkegaard (1998). Organic geochemistry: Christiansen et al. (1996b, 1998, 1999, 2000), Bojesen- Koefoed et al. (1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007), Nytoft et al. (2000), G.K. Pedersen et al. (2006). Olsen (1991), Olsen & Pedersen (1991), G.K. Pedersen & Pulvertaft (1992), Dueholm & Olsen (1993), Olsen (1993), Dam & Sønderholm (1994), A.K. Pedersen et al. (1996), Midtgaard (1996a, b), Dam & Sønder - holm (1998), G.K. Pedersen et al. (1998), Dam et al. (1998a, 2000), Jensen (2000), Dam & Nøhr-Hansen (2001), Dam (2002), Nielsen (2003). Structural geology: Chalmers et al. (1999), J.G. Larsen & Pulvertaft (2000), Chalmers & Pulvertaft (2001), Marcussen et al. (2002), Bonow (2005), Japsen et al. (2005, 2006, 2009), Wilson et al. (2006), Bonow et al. (2006a, b, 2007). Well descriptions: Dam & Christiansen (1994), Christiansen et al. (1994a, 1996c, 1997), Bate & Christiansen (1996), Dam (1996a, b, c, 1997), Dahl et al. (1997), Kristensen & Dam (1997), Nøhr-Hansen (1997a, b, c), Kierkegaard (1998), Ambirk (2000), Madsen (2000). Sedimentology: G.K. Pedersen & Jeppesen (1988), G.K. Pedersen (1989), Pulvertaft (1989a, b), Midtgaard (1991), 20
DGR Geological setting As a result of the opening of the Labrador Sea in Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic times, a complex of linked rift basins stretching from the Labrador Sea to northern Baffin Bay developed along West Greenland (Fig. 1; Chalmers & Pulvertaft 2001). Two main episodes of regional rifting and basin development during this time have been documented in the area: an episode of Early Cretaceous rifting, and a Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene rift episode prior to the start of sea-floor spreading in mid-Paleocene time (Dam & Sønderholm 1998; Dam et al. 2000; Chalmers & Pulvertaft 2001; Dam 2002; Sørensen 2006). The most extensive outcrops of Mesozoic–Palaeogene rocks in the entire Labrador Sea – Davis Strait – Baffin Bay region are those of the Nuussuaq Basin in the Disko – Nuussuaq – Svartenhuk Halvø area in central West Greenland. This basin may be a southern extension of the basin complex in the Melville Bay region (Fig. 1; Whittaker et al. 1997); the offshore area between 68° and 73°N is, however, covered by Palaeogene basalts and little is therefore known about the deeper-lying successions in this region. A small outcrop is known from Cape Dyer, eastern Baffin Island (Burden & Langille 1990) and outcrops of Cretaceous–Palaeogene sediments are also seen farther north in Arctic Canada on Bylot Island (Miall et al. 1980; Miall 1986; Harrison et al. 1999) and on Ellesmere Island (Núñez-Betelu 1994, Núñez-Betelu et al. 1994a, b; Harrison et al. 1999). During the Early Paleocene (Danian), the area offshore southern West Greenland was subjected to major uplift and erosion (Bonow et al. 2007). Sedimentation resumed in the Late Danian contemporaneously with the major episode of Paleocene volcanism in the Disko–Nuussuaq area and continued into the Holocene with a major hiatus spanning the Oligocene in the north and the mid-Eocene to mid-Miocene in the south (Dalhoff et al. 2003). 56°W 72°N 71°N 70°N 69°N Svartenhuk Halvø Hareøen Nordfjord Mellemfjord 50 km Ubekendt Ejland Uummannaq Fjord Itilli fault zone Disko KQ Qeqertarsuaq Vaigat 53°W Upernivik Ø Aasiaat Uummannaq Nuussuaq Disko Bugt 51°W Inland Ice Ilulissat Grønne Ejland 55°W 51°W Palaeogene intrusive complex ? Ik Qeqertarsuaq ? 72°N 71°N Extensional fault Fig. 10. Simplified geological map of the Nuussuaq Basin (after Chalmers et al. 1999). Ik, Ikorfat fault zone; KQ, Kuu - gannguaq–Qunnilik Fault; DGR, Disko Gneiss Ridge. The offshore geology is indicated by paler shades. Lower Palaeogene basalts Maastrichtian–Paleocene sediments Albian–Campanian sediments Precambrian basement Pre-volcanic fault Fault with lateral or alternating displacements 21
Page 1 and 2: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GR
Page 4 and 5: Contents Abstract . . . . . . . . .
Page 7 and 8: Preface The onshore Cretaceous-Pale
Page 9 and 10: Introduction The Nuussuaq Basin bel
Page 11 and 12: chemistry of the Nuussuaq Basin hav
Page 13 and 14: Fig. 5. Plant fossils from the Atan
Page 15 and 16: Peak 2010 m Peak 1900 m Peak 1760 m
Page 17 and 18: A lithostratigraphy for the marine
Page 19: to provide further funding for stud
Page 23 and 24: TSS 8 Agatdal Fm Eqalulik Fm Kangil
Page 25 and 26: A Svartenhuk Halvø 50 km B Hinterl
Page 27 and 28: Nuussuaq Group new group History. T
Page 29 and 30: ley (Figs 2, 40, 65). The section a
Page 31 and 32: Central Nuussuaq Agatdalen South co
Page 33 and 34: 3 10 4 6 5 Qorlortorssuaq Slibesten
Page 35 and 36: volcanic sediments are referred to
Page 37 and 38: Fig. 20. View from Uummannaq toward
Page 39 and 40: In the Kuuk area, the sediments ove
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Page 43 and 44: Kome Formation m 40 30 20 D tial re
Page 45 and 46: Fig. 28. Reference locality of the
Page 47 and 48: Vaigat Fm Vesterfjeld Slibestensfje
Page 49 and 50: Gilbert delta in the Ikorfat area (
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Page 53 and 54: Fig. 36. Outcrop of the Upernivik N
Page 55 and 56: Correlation. The Upernivik Næs flo
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Page 61 and 62: wave-rippled sand streaked mudstone
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Fig. 52. Two closely spaced section
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Type section. The type section of t
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Fig. 56. Delta front succession of
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Fig. 59. The Kingittoq Member at Ki
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sh L sh ch delta front Vaigat Forma
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Fig. 63. Type locality of the Itivn
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782 Quaternary cover 54° 888 Malig
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Kuugannguaq-Qunnilik Fault and is o
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and include clasts of intraformatio
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deposited in a base-of-slope and ba
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VK 53°30’ 53°15’ Niaqornat Tu
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Umiivik-1 m Overburden ★ ★ No p
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76). Heavily bioturbated interbedde
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Fig. 78. Type locality of the Kussi
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A B Itilli Formation Kussinerujuk M
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160 140 120 100 Vaigat Formation Eq
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Fig. 85. Mudstones and conglomerati
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Fig. 87. Type section of the Kangil
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m 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 Kangil
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channellised, high-density currents
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Thickness. The Annertuneq Conglomer
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Fig. 96. A: Type locality of the Oy
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On Svartenhuk Halvø, on the east s
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Fig. 100. Reference locality of the
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Tupaasat Member Atane Formation Fig
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ever, have a fluvio-lacustrine orig
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etween Tupaasat and Nuuk Qiterleq a
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Vaigat Formation sill Quikavsak For
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Fig. 112. The sharp boundary betwee
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Agatdal Formation Eqalulik Formatio
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Fig. 116. Basal conglomerate unit o
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heterolithic deposits of the Kangil
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GANE#1 Vaigat Fm Anaanaa Mb m Hyalo
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Fig. 121. Well reference section of
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Pedersen 1978). The beds are usuall
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In detail, however, the boundary be
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Fig. 126. Composite type section of
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m m 240 340 m Pingu Member 230 230
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Naujât Member Atane Formation, Kin
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The TOC [Total Organic Carbon] cont
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Fig. 133. Correlation of the member
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Fig. 135. Type locality of the Ping
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Fig. 137. Lower, sharp boundary of
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m 130 125 110 t t invasive lava low
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Fig. 141. Upper part of the Assoq M
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Brown, R. 1875: Geological notes on
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a rosetted spreite trace fossil: Da
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ing bark from the Nûgssuaq peninsu
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1998: The syn-volcanic Naajaat lake
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Appendix: Place names and localitie
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Place name Place name P Paatuut sou
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