Abstract
A drilling programme was initiated in Jameson Land in 1982 with the objective of obtaining fresh cores of possibie hydrocarbon source rocks. The area was chosen (1) because it exposes a thick, easily accessibie and well studied Late Palaeozoic - Mesozoic sequence which is also supposed to extend eastwards to the off-shore shelf area of northern East Greenland; (2) because together with North Greenland it represents the only possibie target for on-shore oil exploration in Greenland; and (3) because a petroleum concession to the area is at present being negotiated between ARCO/Nordisk Mineselskab and the authorities.
Highlights
The oldest post-Caledonian sediments exposed in the Jameson Land basin is a thick sequence of Carboniferous - Early Permian age (Perch-Nielsen et al, 1972; Bierther, 1941; Kempter, 1961; Collinson, 1972)
The Carboniferous - Lower Permian sequences were subjected to intense block-faulting and -tilting before deposition of the overlying Upper Permian sequence (Kempter, 1961)
The Upper Permian sequence rests with marked angular unconformity of up to 15 degrees on block-faulted Lower Permian or older sediments
Summary
The oldest post-Caledonian sediments exposed in the Jameson Land basin is a thick sequence of Carboniferous - Early Permian age (Perch-Nielsen et al, 1972; Bierther, 1941; Kempter, 1961; Collinson, 1972). The rocks are poorly dated and have previously only been studied in the Karstryggen area west of Schuchert Flod (Kempter, 1961; Collinson, 1972). 32), while the Lower Permian part received more attention. The alluvial fan sediments pass distally into floodplain, braid plain and meanderbelt sequences in the environs of Schuchert Flod. Lower Permian mudstones mainly of floodplain origin were closely sampled for palynological studies by S. The Carboniferous - Lower Permian sequences were subjected to intense block-faulting and -tilting before deposition of the overlying Upper Permian sequence (Kempter, 1961)
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