Precambrian geology of the northern Nagssugtoqidian orogen, West Greenland: mapping in the Kangaatsiaq area

Authors

  • Jeroen A.M. van Gool Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
  • G. Ian Alsop School of Geography & Geosciences, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AL, UK
  • Uni E. Árting Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
  • Adam A. Garde Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
  • Christian Knudsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
  • Adam W. Krawiec Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
  • Stanislaw Mazur Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Pl. Maxa Borna 9, 50–204 Wroclaw, Poland
  • Jeppe Nygaard Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
  • Sandra Piazolo Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
  • Christopher W. Thomas British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3LA, UK
  • Kristine Thrane Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v191.5067

Abstract

The Nagssugtoqidian orogen and its transition into the Rinkian orogen to the north were the main focus of the field activities of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) in West Greenland in the summer of 2001. This work was carried out within the framework of the Survey’s three-year programme of bedrock mapping and mineral resource evaluation to enhance the understanding of the Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic crustal evolution in the transition zone between the Nagssugtoqidian and Rinkian orogens (Fig. 1). The work in the field season of 2001 comprised geological mapping of the 1:100 000 Kangaatsiaq map sheet described in this paper (Fig. 2), an investigation of the supracrustal rocks at Naternaq / Lersletten (Østergaard et al. 2002, this volume), a geochronological reconnaissance of the southern Rinkian orogen in the northern Disko Bugt region (Garde et al. 2002, this volume), a resource evaluation of the Nagssugtoqidian orogen (Stendal et al. 2002, this volume), a synthesis and interpretation of geophysical data of the central part of the Nagssugtoqidian orogen (Nielsen et al. 2002, this volume) and a report on investigations of the kimberlites and related intrusive rocks in the southern Nagssugtoqidian orogen and its foreland (Jensen et al. 2002, this volume).

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2002-12-03

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van Gool, J. A. ., Alsop, G. I. ., Árting, U. E. ., Garde, A. A., Knudsen, C., Krawiec, A. W., Mazur, S. ., Nygaard, J., Piazolo, S. ., Thomas, C. W., & Thrane, K. (2002). Precambrian geology of the northern Nagssugtoqidian orogen, West Greenland: mapping in the Kangaatsiaq area. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 191, 13–23. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v191.5067

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