Essays about: "southern West Greenland"

Found 5 essays containing the words southern West Greenland.

  1. 1. Experimental zircon alteration and baddeleyite formation in silica saturated systems : implications for dating hydrothermal events

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Lewerentz; [2011]
    Keywords : zirkon; baddeleyit; kiselmättat system; hydrotermal omvandling; kopplad upplösning-utfällning; experimentell petrologi; svepelektronmikroskopi; elektronmikrosondanalys; energidispersiv röntgenemissionsspektroskopi; sydvästra Grönland; zircon; baddeleyite; silica saturated system; hydrothermal alteration; coupled dissolutionreprecipitation; experimental petrology; scanning electron microscopy; electron microprobe analysis; energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy; southern West Greenland; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Åldersbestämning av fluidrelaterade händelser. Zirkon och baddeleyit är mineral som kan användas för att åldersbestämma bergarter genom radiometriska metoder. När mineralen bildas bygger de in uran i sin struktur, men inte bly. READ MORE

  3. 2. Robust U-Pb baddeleyite ages of mafic dykes and intrusions in southern West Greenland : constraints on the coherency of crustal blocks of the North Atlantic Craton

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Mimmi Nilsson; [2009]
    Keywords : geography; geology; West Greenland; mafic dykes; U-Pb baddeleyite; crustal blocks; North Atlantic craton; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Popul�rvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Studien �r en del av ett st�rre projekt (LIP-projektet) som syftar till att med hj�lp av exakta dateringar av diabasg�ngar rekonstruera kontinenternas l�ge f�r c:a 2.5 miljarder �r sedan. READ MORE

  4. 3. Holocene relative sea-level changes in the Tasiusaq area, southern Greenland, with focus on the Ta1 and Ta3 basins

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Randsalu; [2008]
    Keywords : isostasi; havsnivåförändringar; södra Grönland; Holocen; isoleringslagerföljder; Greenland Ice Sheet; isostasy; sea-level changes; southern Greenland; isolation sequences; Holocene; grönländska inlandsisen; geology; physical geography; geologi; naturgeografi; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Results from an investigation of relative sea-level changes from c. 11,000 cal. yr BP to the present in the Tasiusaq area, Inner Bredefjord, southwest Greenland, are presented in this thesis. Isolation sequences from two small lakes have been identified using stratigraphic analyses, XRF-scanning, loss on ignition and macrofossil analyses. READ MORE

  5. 4. Metamorphic study of metasediment from the Kangilinaaq Peninsula, West Greenland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Lina Åberg; [2005]
    Keywords : West Greenland; Nagssugtoqidian Orogen; supracrustal rocks; Kangilinaaq Peninsula; metasedimentary rocks; pelites; correlation; Västra Grönland; Nagssugtoqidiska orogenesen; suprakrustala bergarter; metasedimentära bergarter; peliter; korrelation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Nagssugtoqidian Orogen is represented by an approximately 300 km wide Palaeoproterozoic deformation and metamorphic belt that stretch through the southern and middle parts of west Greenland. The Orogen is characterized and dominated by metamorphosed Archaean orthogneisses with minor supracrustal sequences. READ MORE

  6. 5. A sedimentological study of glacial deposits in the upper Sjællandselv area, Jameson Land, East Greenland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Torbjörn Andersson; [1994]
    Keywords : geography; geology; sedimentology; glacial deposit; Sjællandselv area; Jameson Land; Greenland; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Summary: The fieldwork preceding this Master degree thesis took place in Jameson Land, East Greeniand, within the frame of the PONAM (Polar North Atlantic Margins; Late Cenozoic evolution) project. In central Jameson Land, a plateau area at approximately 500 m.a.s. READ MORE