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AEM Greenland 1994

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Description of an airborne combined electromagnetic and magnetic survey in Greenland 1994

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The area for the AEM Greenland 1994 project is located in Inglefield Land, North-West Greenland.

The area is underlain by an Early Proterozoic (and possibly Archaean) crystalline basement which traditionally has been subdivided into three main units:

  • Etah group of metasedimentary supracrustal rocks
  • Etah meta-igneous complex
  • Variable gneisses

The basement is overlain by a succession of younger platform strata (Proterozoic to Cambrian age) in a number of coastal regions.

Aircraft ouffitted for geophysical surveying. The electromagnetic transmitter loop are fixed on the wingtips, tail and nose.
Survey area Inglefield Land, North-West Greenland.
Period Flown from July 6th to August 27th, 1994.
Survey specifications The survey includes measurements of controlled source electromagnetic data (GEOTEM) and measurements of the magnetic total field.

The main flight lines are oriented north-south and spaced at 400 metres intervals with a set of orthogonal tie-lines at 4000 metre intervals. A total of 17365 linekilometres were flown.

Nominal flight altitude is 120 metres over terrain with the total field magnetic sensor and the electromagnetic sensor 75 metres and 70 metres above ground, respectively.

Areal extent 6493 km2
Acquisition and processing Geoterrex Ltd.
Data and maps
  • Digital line and grid archives on CD-ROM
  • Digital profile data with DOS viewing software on CD-ROM
  • Maps of the following parameters:
    • Selections of EM anomalies
    • EM decay constant
    • EM channel 2 amplitude
    • Broadband apparent conductivity
    • Total field magnetics
    • Calculated vertical magnetic gradient

Eight maps in scale 1: 50 000 and one map in scale 1:250 000 were produced for these parameters.

Examples of maps
Products available from GEUS Digital data with survey report and maps - see How to order products.
Financed by Government of Greenland
Selected references Geoterrex 1994; Stemp & Thorning 1994; Stemp & Thorning 1995.
Further information Contact GEUS, Department of Economic Geology, at malm@geus.net.

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