Open AccessInvestigations on the granulites of southern Nordland, Godthåbsfjord, central West Greenland
Author(s) -
Ray Macdonald
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v65.7386
Subject(s) - granulite , geology , archean , craton , geochemistry , facies , peninsula , archaeology , geomorphology , paleontology , geography , structural basin , tectonics
The rocks of the Nordland (Aida) peninsula lying west of Godthåbsfjord (the Nordland Complex of Noe-Nygaard & Ramberg, 1961) are regarded as part of the Greenland Archaean Craton (Bridgwater et al., 1973). Reconnaissance surveys prior to 1973 by B. F. Windley of GGU amplified Noe-Nygaard and Ramberg's statement that the complex is made up principally of intensely metamorphosed and migmatised rocks generally at the granulite facies grade which show diapthoresis in places. A minor part of the complex has also been regarded as supracrustal and anorthosites are present.