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Review of Survey activities 2018

Every four years the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) develops and implements new strategies to ensure that we are able to help meet the ever-changing challenges that face society. In 2018 these discussions were shaped by important issues like climate change and climate adaptation, and their consequences for our use of energy, minerals and water resources. As part of this strategic focus, GEUS introduced a new publication strategy in 2018 that seeks to increase our publication rate of high impact science, and to gain more visibility within the international scientific community and the media. Many different tools will be applied to make such a long-term cultural change possible, including modernisation of GEUS’ own publication series.

Review of Survey activities: Colophon, contents, introduction

Review of Survey activities: Colophon, contents, introduction

Review of Survey activities: Colophon, contents, introduction

Review of Survey activities: Colophon, contents, introduction

Colophon, contents, preface

This issue of​ Review of Survey Activities presents a selection of 24 papers reflecting the wide spectrum of current activities of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, from the microscopic to the plate-tectonic level. The Survey’s activities in Denmark are illustrated by 11 papers covering widely different subjects including groundwater management, pesticide monitoring, 3D urban geology, the regional Danish potential for geothermal energy, Palaeozoic stratigraphy from borehole logs, enhancement of oil production by injection of ‘smart’ water and glacial geology. Activities in Greenland are illustrated by eight papers on Precambrian crustal evolution and mineralisation processes in South-East and northern West Greenland, fundamental magma processes in the Skaergaard intrusion, onshore and offshore seismological studies, and on long-term monitoring of the Greenland ice sheet and sea-ice variability.
 International studies by the Survey are represented by two papers describing a large Nordic CO2-storage project and a pilot study of burial and exhumation along the eastern passive margin of Labrador and Newfoundland using apatite fission track analysis. Finally, three papers describe new developments in the digital access to, and handling of Greenland-related geodata and presentation of a new smartphone- and tablet-based app for effective handling of geological and sample data during field work.

Review of Survey activities 2013

Review of Survey activities 2013

Review of Survey activities 2011

This Review of Survey activities presents a selection of 20 papers reflecting the wide spectrum of activities of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, from the microscopic to the plate-tectonic level. The Survey's activities in Denmark and surrounding areas are illustrated by 11 articles covering petroleum geology, groundwater geology, geomorphology, marine geology, geothermal energy, seismology and monitoring of an underground gas storage. Activities in Greenland are covered by five papers dealing with mineral and petroleum exploration. Two other papers describe the Survey's monitoring of the Greenland ice sheet and the testing of an automatic earthquake detection method on data from Station Nord, North Greenland. The Survey's international activities are the subject of two papers: one dealing with petroleum geology in Vietnam, one with agrominerals in Tanzania.

Review of Survey activities 2010

This Review of Survey activities presents a selection of 19 papers reflecting the wide spectrum of activities of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, from the microscopic to the plate-tectonic level. The Survey's activities in Denmark and surrounding areas are illustrated by 12 articles covering petroleum geology, groundwater geology, applied marine geology, Quaternary stratigraphy, sea-level changes, disposal of radioactive waste and the use of satellite radar data to detect elevation changes. The depth of two earthquakes has been determined using data from array stations in Canada and Niger. Activities in Greenland are covered by six papers dealing with mineral and petroleum exploration. One paper comes with further evidence that the controversial Wegener Fault is a myth. The influence of recent climate change on the Greenland ice sheet is the subject of another article; 2010 was the warmest year ever recorded in Greenland, and the ice sheet is losing mass at an accelerating rate. The Survey's international activities are the subject of a paper dealing with quality control of geophysical data in Ghana.

Review of Survey activities 2009

2009 was a favourable year for the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) with focus on research, often in international collaboration. Many new projects have been initiated and many completed. In 2009, Copenhagen hosted COP15, and GEUS’ involvement in the preparation for this event focussed on climate changes, reducing consumption of fossil fuels and CO2 emissions.

Review of Survey activities 2008

Following a number of years with major changes of the scientific environment in Denmark and also within the management of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), 2008 was a year of stability and consolidation, a situation that will hopefully continue. Many new projects have been initiated and many previous projects have been completed at a time with strong focus on GEUS’ activities politically, commercially and from the media.

Colophon, contents and introduction

This Review of Survey activities presents a selection of 22 papers reflecting the wide spectrum of activities of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, from the microscopic to the plate-tectonic level.The Survey's activities in Denmark are illustrated by 13 articles. Five of them deal with petroleum-related topics and two others with groundwater-related topics. Four others describe raw material activities and environmental change, one paper presents a new Base Quaternary map of Denmark and one paper describes the deep structure below Denmark.Activities in Greenland are covered by five papers. Three of these address mineral and petroleum exploration, one concerns monitoring of the Greenland ice sheet and one focuses on historic investigations of Hans Ø, a small island in Nares Strait between Greenland and Canada.International projects and two new geoscientific methods: The survey also carries out many projects outside Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. This bulletin includes descriptions of a coastal protection project in Kenya and a multinational project dealing with the implementation of the European Union's Water Framework Directive. Finally, two examples of new developments in instrumental geoscience are presented.

Colophon, Contents, Review of Survey activities

Review of Survey activities 2005
 Adam A. GardeChief editor
 The present volume is the third issue of Review of Survey activities (RoSa). It contains 15 four-page contributions that cover a wide range of the current activities at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). Thirteen of these are short scientific papers dealing with ongoing research by the Survey and its external partners. For the first time the research-based papers in the Review are now externally peer reviewed. A new standing panel of reviewers for RoSa has been established to ensure that the contributions are of general interest to a wide readership and that, within the limitations of space, they maintain the normal scientific standards of the Survey's publications. All articles are planned to be easily readable by non-specialists, and since this is a Review of Survey activities, it should be borne in mind that many papers are first accounts of ongoing research.
 The fact that almost all contributions in the current volume are scientific in nature implies that while providing a timely panorama of current research at the Survey, they are far from embracing all projects undertaken by the Survey in Denmark, Greenland and other countries in 2005. A factual overview of the activities of GEUS as a whole can be obtained at GEUS' website.
 In the present volume three papers deal with Cretaceous–Holocene onshore and offshore stratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeoceanography in Denmark, in part related to hydrocarbon exploration. A fourth paper from Denmark, that illustrates just one of the broad spectrum of the Survey's routine responsibilities undertaken on behalf of the state, addresses construction of 3D geological models to characterise the migration of point-source pollution in groundwater reservoirs.
 Projects related to Greenland and the Arctic in general are represented in this volume by a group of ten papers. The first is a methodology paper describing advanced in situ geochronological and trace element microanalysis by laser ablation techniques, a now routine analytical tool at the Survey that has provided data for several of the subsequent articles, including a study of sediment provenance in the East Greenland – Faroe Islands – Shetland region, and an account of zircon geochronology applied to Archaean geological studies in southern West Greenland. Within the same region, a new method of integrative and quantitative assessment of the gold potential is presented, and two papers deal with newly discovered kimberlites and carbonatites and their potential economic significance. One paper describes five profiles through basalts and sedimentary rocks in the Nuussuaq Basin in West Greenland, constructed using geological photogrammetrical techniques along coastal cliffs and steep valley sides. Another paper presents new evidence for the presence of continental crust in the Davis Strait obtained from seabed sampling; this is an important new contribution to the long-standing debate of the nature of the crust under the Labrador Sea and Davis Strait and its stratigraphy. A report on ongoing studies of the deep crustal structure of Greenland using earthquake seismology is presented, and a last paper concerning the Arctic region describes radical former climatic changes in the Arctic Ocean and the geophysical signature of the Lomonosov Ridge north of Greenland, and discusses the sensitivity of the sea-ice cover to global warming.
 The final paper in the present volume describes the development of an environmental sensitivity atlas for coastal areas of Kenya. This project is just one of several current GEUS projects where the Survey's broad technical and managing expertise is put to use in developing countries.

Review of Survey activities 2004

The Review of Survey activities presents a selection of 18 papers reflecting the wide spectrum of activities of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, from the microbial to the plate tectonic level.Activities in Denmark: The Survey's activities in Denmark are documented by 11 papers. The main themes are petroleum- and groundwater-related topics and Quaternary geology but neotectonics of the Baltic Shield and new methods in provenance studies of sandstones are also touched upon.Activities in Greenland: The Survey's activities in Greenland and the North Atlantic are covered by six articles focusing on climate research, the mineral potential of the Precambrian basement terranes in West Greenland and on the possibility of exploiting dimension stones.Other countries: During 2004, the Survey carried out work in more than 20 countries outside Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. In this report a project on developing small-scale mining in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan is described.

Colophon, Contents, Review of Survey activities

One of the last visible relics of the pre-fusion history of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), the two separate Bulletin series for Greenland and Denmark, respectively, ceased to appear in late 2003. Almost a decade after the merging of the Geological Survey of Denmark (DGU) and the Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU), the two Bulletin series were merged to form the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, the first issue of which is the monumental The Jurassic of Denmark and Greenland. With the closure of the two old series, a long-standing tradition of publishing an annual Review of Greenland activities was brought to an end. Everyone in GEUS, not least those who grew up within the former DGU, agree that the Review of Greenland activities was a high-quality, enjoyable-to-read review of the new Survey s Greenland activities. It was therefore a natural progression to publish a review volume covering the full spectrum of activities of the entire institution, a Review of Survey activities intended for a professional, but not specialist, readership. In order to keep the volume to a manageable size, all articles have been restricted to a four-page limit.
 Thanks to the diverse geology of Denmark and Greenland, and the reliance of society on resources hosted in the subsurface, GEUS as a survey has been generously endowed by nature. However, as for many other geological surveys in western Europe direct financial government appropriations for GEUS have decreased significantly during the past several years. Increasing funding from external scientific foundations and commercial sources has proved to be a partial compensation. Furthermore, the Survey has extended the traditional scope of its activities to also include capacity-building projects in several developing countries within the fields of institutional development, geological mapping, petroleum geology, mineral exploration and hydrogeology. Despite recent hardships, including an inevitable loss of personnel, the size, relevance and quality of the geological output of the Survey are still undergoing a healthy development.
 The articles contained in this bulletin review many of the principal activities of the Survey in 2003; they reflect the diversity of our Survey, from the microbial to the plate tectonic level. Of the 23 articles, 20 measure directly the extent to which the Survey s activities have been driven by external demand, inasmuch as they describe activities which have been undertaken for external customers or rely on external sources for a significant funding contribution. Funding for these 20 projects has come from national and international research funds, from the petroleum industry, from ministries and counties, from the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum of the Greenland Home Rule Government, and from national and international funds for aid to developing countries. It is expected that the focus on applied geological projects will also be reflected in future volumes of Review of Survey activities.