Open AccessReview of the Survey's activities in 1972
Author(s) -
K Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v55.7338
Subject(s) - geological survey , prospecting , christian ministry , geology , work (physics) , government (linguistics) , hydrocarbon exploration , scale (ratio) , earth science , mining engineering , geography , political science , paleontology , law , cartography , engineering , tectonics , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy
In 1972 the Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) continued activities in Greenland on the same scale as in the previous year, with a total of 127 people travelling to Greenland from Copenhagen to take part in geological, glaciological and geophysical work in eight major areas. The Survey, in its capacity as the official government department of the Ministry for Greenland dealing with geological affairs, carries out a variety of tasks involving geological mapping and prospecting, specialised investigations and the evaluation of potentially economic sites, as well as advising the Ministry on a number of matters concerning concession rights for mineral and hydrocarbon exploration and extraction. With the continuing steady increase in interest surrounding the mineral and hydrocarbon potential of Greenland, considerably more emphasis is being placed on economic matters. With this development the inevitable reorganisation of the internal structure of the Survey has begun and has been heralded by the formation of a section dealing with oil and gas geology to join the much larger mapping department. Other sections are expected to follow as the Survey grows steadily larger in the coming years.