Greenland from Archaean to Quaternary. Descriptive text to the 1995 Geological map of Greenland, 1: 2 500 000

N Henriksen, AK Higgins, F Kalsbeek… - GEUS Bulletin, 2009 - geusbulletin.org
The geological development of Greenland spans a period of nearly 4 Ga, from Eoarchaean
to the Quaternary. Greenland is the largest island on Earth with a total area of 2 166 000 km …

Metallogeny of Greenland

J Kolb, JK Keiding, A Steenfelt, K Secher, N Keulen… - Ore Geology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Greenland is the largest island on Earth, with 80% of its area covered by a thick ice sheet.
The coastal areas are underlain by variable rocks ranging from Eoarchean to the most …

[PDF][PDF] The East Greenland rifted volcanic margin

CK Brooks - GEUS Bulletin, 2011 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
In 1874, JW Judd, a leading British geologist, wrote:“In the Hebrides I will now show that we
have supplied to us that great geological desideratum–a number of volcanoes so dissected …

Identification and inversion of converted shear waves: case studies from the European North Atlantic continental margins

JD Eccles, RS White, PAF Christie - Geophysical Journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Wide-angle shear wave arrivals, converted from compressional to shear waves at crustal
interfaces, enable crustal Vp/Vs ratios to be determined which provide valuable constraint …

The composition and structure of volcanic rifted continental margins in the North Atlantic: Further insight from shear waves

JD Eccles, RS White, PAF Christie - Tectonophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
Imaging challenges caused by highly attenuative flood basalt sequences have resulted in
the understanding of volcanic rifted continental margins lagging behind that of non-volcanic …

Mesozoic and older rift basins on the SE Greenland Shelf offshore Ammassalik

J Gerlings, JR Hopper, MBW Fyhn… - Geological Society …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
Seismic reflection data and shallow cores from the SE Greenland margin show that rift
basins formed by the mid-to Late Cretaceous in the offshore area near Ammassalik. Here …

The stratigraphy and structure of the Faroese continental margin

J Ólavsdóttir, ÓR Eidesgaard… - … Society, London, Special …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
This paper presents a summary of the stratigraphy and structure of the Faroese region. As
the Faroese area is mostly covered by volcanic material, the nature of the pre-volcanic …

Jan Mayen Microcontinent Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element and Jan Mayen Prograded Margin Tectono-Sedimentary Element, Greenland Sea

H Brekke - Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
The Jan Mayen Micro-Continent (JMMC) is the result of two Cainozoic phases of continental
breakup, and subsequent seafloor spreading. The first established a spreading ridge system …

Fingerprinting sediments along the west coast of Jylland: interpreting provenance data

C Knudsen, T Kokfelt, T Aagaard, J Bartholdy… - GEUS …, 2009 - geusbulletin.org
Abstract The Danish North Sea coast is a dynamic sedimentary environment experiencing
erosion, transport and re-deposition of sand along the coast. Because of the natural and …

[PDF][PDF] Anomalous occurrence of Cretaceous placer deposits: A review

T Bata, J Parnell, N Samaila, K Haruna - Earth Atmos. Sci, 2016 - researchgate.net
During the Cretaceous, the CO2 content of the global atmosphere drastically increased in
response to volcanism associated with the disintegration of the former continents. This …