The stratigraphy of the marine Quaternary deposits in West Greenland

Abstract

The present report deals with the Quaternary marine deposits in West Greenland. The area in question extends from Kugssineq, Svartenhuk peninsula, in the north to the settlement of Sukkertoppen in the south. The field investigations for the paper have been made partly in 1939, partly in 1946, last-mentioned year under the auspices of Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse (abb. G.G.U., i. e. Geological Survey of Greenland). All localities visited are described with added lists of the collected shells. On the basis of the investigations made it will be demonstrated that the stratigraphy of the layers at Orpigsoq drawn up by JENSEN and HARDER in 1910 (30) is applicable to all the area investigated. Furthermore a detailed examination is made of the petrographic structure, the content of shells, and the levels of the various horizons, a discussion of a few errors, and ultimately an attempt at a correlation of the Quaternary marine layers of Greenland with the corresponding postglacial layers of Iceland, Norway, and Denmark.