Basin seismic stratigraphy and aspects of prospectivity in the NE Baffin Bay, Northwest Greenland

Tectonic variation and structural evolution of the West Greenland continental margin

“…The conclusions from this Chapter include: The orogeny developed as a result of northward and possible counterclockwise rotation of Greenland relative to the North American plate (Gregersen et al, 2013). The initial crustal structure from seismic provided adequate hint on the sedimentary and tectonic composition of West…”

“…Consequently, the area was subjected to regional uplift in the Danian (65-60Ma) before the extrusion of pre-breakup magmatic rocks. (Gregersen et al, 2013). However, the identification of the transition between syn-rift and post-rift settings may not always be reflected by a simple breakup unconformity (Alves et al, 2009;Soares et al, 2012).…”

High resolution mapping of offshore and onshore glaciogenic features in metamorphic bedrock terrain, Melville Bay, northwestern Greenland

“…These events resulted in the formation of the thick basalt layers that now cover several islands and the offshore margin of central west Greenland (Henriksen et al, 2000). The various rifting, tilting, and subsiding events during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic along the continental shelf of west Greenland produced linked rift basin systems along the western Greenland offshore area that are now covered by thick Neogene and Quaternary sediment deposits (Knutsen et al, 2011;Gregersen et al, 2013). These areas have been the subject of detailed seismic studies that showed a variety of geologic resources such as oil and metal ores (Whittaker et al, 1997;Bradbury and Woodburn, 2011;Gregersen et al, 2013).…”

“…The various rifting, tilting, and subsiding events during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic along the continental shelf of west Greenland produced linked rift basin systems along the western Greenland offshore area that are now covered by thick Neogene and Quaternary sediment deposits (Knutsen et al, 2011;Gregersen et al, 2013). These areas have been the subject of detailed seismic studies that showed a variety of geologic resources such as oil and metal ores (Whittaker et al, 1997;Bradbury and Woodburn, 2011;Gregersen et al, 2013). One such sedimentary basin is Melville Bay graben, tens of kilometers west of the study area and characterized by a thick sedimentary section of early Cretaceous to recent age and a hydrocarbon potential comparable to the large producing fields in the North Sea (Bradbury and Woodburn, 2011;Knutsen et al, 2011;Gregersen et al, 2013).…”

A revised stratigraphy for the Palaeocene Agatdalen flora (Nuussuaq Peninsula, western Greenland): correlating fossiliferous outcrops, macrofossils, and palynological samples from phosphoritic nodules

“…1) comprises the only exposures of Mesozoic and Palaeogene rocks along the west coast of Greenland (Chalmers & Pulvertaft 2001, Gregersen et al 2013. The basin comprises sedimentary rocks of Late Cretaceous and Palaeocene age, now referred to the Nuussuaq Group (Dam et al 2009).…”