Abstract
A classic outcrop of the Skaergaard intrusion, first described and made famous in the original description of this area of East Greenland by Wager & Deer (1939, pI. 11, figs 1 and 2) was visited in 1977 and found to have been senselessly vandalised. We consider this to be inexcusable. The Skaergaard intrusion is unequalIed in igneous petrology as an example of crystal fractionation and magmatic evolution, and has been the subject of extensive research since its discovery (see bibliography in the 1962 reprint of Wager & Deer, 1939; Wager & Brown, 1968).
Highlights
A classic outcrop of the Skaergaard intrusion, first described and made famous in the original description of this area of East Greenland by Wager & Deer (1939, pI. 11, figs 1 and 2) was visited in 1977 and found to have been senselessly vandalised
Numerous loose blocks in the vicinity would have proved adequate for both teaching and display purposes
If these loose blocks were considered inadequate, it would have been a simple matter with a portable drill to remove a block from one of the other less famous trough bands
Summary
A classic outcrop of the Skaergaard intrusion, first described and made famous in the original description of this area of East Greenland by Wager & Deer (1939, pI. 11, figs 1 and 2) was visited in 1977 and found to have been senselessly vandalised. The outcrop occurs about 120 m NNE of the site of the main base house of the 1935-1936 British East Greenland Expedition, and is part of trough banding structure F It is one of the best examples of trough banding in the area, showing the clearest separation of mafic minerals and plagioclase in a section normal to the trough axis.
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