Open AccessField investigations in the Precambrian terrain of the Thule district, North-West Greenland
Author(s) -
P.R Dawes
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v95.7638
Subject(s) - precambrian , geology , terrain , basement , physical geography , oceanography , paleontology , geography , archaeology , cartography
The field mapping of the Precambrian crystalline basement and overlying Thule Group of the Thule district aimed at the production of a 1:5 map sheet between 75°15'N and 78°N was continued in July and August (fig. 5). The field work was split up, due to the varying availability of transport facilities, into three phases. (1) The charter of a Bell 204 helicopter from Thule Air Base enabled mapping in western Inglefield Land, and in the nunatak terrain of Prudhoe Land and Melville Bugt. (2) Investigation of the outer coast of western Melville Bugt was carried out with the aid of GGU cutter K. J. V. Steenstrup. (3) Detailed stratigraphical work in the middle and upper part of the Thule Group was based on foot traverses from Thule Air Base.