Documentation

The map basis and recommended citation:
Based on ten 1:100 000 scale geological maps by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.
Topographic base compiled by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland/Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen, Denmark. Aerial photographs and ground control points supplied by Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen, Denmark.
Digital cartography: M. Christoffersen, J. Halskov, M. Hornum, M.S. Jørgensen & A.T. Hindø
Geodesy: W.L. Weng.
Database compilation and internet web-application: M. Pedersen, P. Riisager, B. Pjetursson, F. Schjøth, U. Larsen, M.B. Wiese & F. von Platen-Hallermund.

Recommended citation : Keulen, N., Kokfelt, T.F. & the homogenisation team * 2011: A 1:100 000 seamless, digital, internet-based geological map of South-West and southern West Greenland, 61°30’ - 64°N, http://geuskort.geus.dk/gisfarm/ svgrl.jsp. Copenhagen: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.
*) The homogenisation team:
A. Scherstén, M. Christoffersen, A. Berger, J. Halskov, T. Heijboer, A.T. Hindø, M. Hornum, M.S. Jørgensen, A.F. Kisters, M.B. Klausen, J. Kolb, U. Larsen, T. Næraa, M. Pedersen, B. Pjetursson, Thorkild M. Rasmussen, P. Riisager, F. Schjøth, D.M. Schlatter, J.C. Schumacher, A. Steenfelt, K. Szilas, V.J. van Hinsberg, F. von Platen-Hallermund, W.L. Weng, M.B. Wiese & B.F. Windley.

Keulen, N., Kokfelt, T.F. & Scherstén, A. 2010: Notes on the common legend to the 1:100 000 digital geological map of southern West and South-West Greenland, 61°30’ - 64°N. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/119, 40pp.

Field data:

Localities & lithologies
GEUS/BMP fieldwork 2007-2010. Visited localities by the field participants. Field interpretation of the lithologies and structural measurements at the visited localities.

Kolb, J., Steensgaard, B.M., Schlatter, D.M. & Dziggel, A. 2009: Controls of hydrothermal quartz vein mineralization and wall rock alteration between Ameralik and Sermilik, southern West Greenland. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2009/25.
Kolb, J., Dziggel, A., Koppelberg, M. Stoltz, N.B., Kisters, A.F.M. & Bergen, A. 2010: Controls of hydrothermal quartz vein mineralization and wall rock alteration between Sermilik and Grædefjord, southern West Greenland. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/47.
Van Hinsberg, V.J., Szilas, K., & Kisters, A.F.M. 2010: The Tartoq Group, SW Greenland: Mineralogy, textures and a preliminary metamorphic to hydrothermal history. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/120, 40p.
Schumacher, J.C., van Hinsberg, V.J. & Keulen, N. 2011: Metamorphism in supracrustal and ultramafic rocks in southern West Greenland and South-West Greenland 64 – 61.5ºN. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/06, 29p.
Szilas, K., Berger, A., Kokfelt, T.F., Næraa, T., Scherstén, A., & Klausen, M.B. 2011: Geochemistry of the supracrustal rocks and the associated intrusive TTG suites of the Archaean craton in South-West Greenland and southern West Greenland, 61°30’ - 64°N. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/10.
Steenfelt, A. 2001: Geochemical atlas of Greenland – West and South Greenland. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2001/46, 39 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
Klausen, M.B., Kokfelt, T.F., Keulen, N., Berger, A. & Schumacher, J.C. 2011: Geochemistry of Archaean serpentinites, tholeiitic amphibolites and calc-alkaline schists across the Nigerlikasik section in the Kvanefjord Region, South-West Greenland (~62°N). Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/11.
Kokfelt, T.F., Keulen, N., Næraa, T., Nilsson, M., Scherstén, A., Szilas, K. & Heijboer, T. 2011:. Geochronological characterisation of the felsic rocks of the Archaean craton in South-West Greenland and southern West Greenland, 61°30’ - 64°N. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/12.
Keulen, N., Schumacher, J.C. & Kokfelt, T.F. 2011:.Notes on established structural profiles related to the 1:100 000 digital geological map of southern West and South-West Greenland, 61°30’ - 64°N. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/13.
Klausen, M.B., Berger, A. & Kokfelt, T.F. 2011: Archaean structures around the proposed Frederikshåb Isblink Terrane Boundary in southern West Greenland, 62°25' - 62°45'N. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/14.

Photographs
In the individual files; all photographs and figure captions are the property of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, GEUS.

Samples
All samples selected are the property of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, GEUS.

Detailed information
Detailed field map of the Tartoq area:
Van Hinsberg, V.J., Szilas, K. & Kisters, A.F.M. 2010: The Tartoq Group, SW Greenland: Mineralogy, textures and a preliminary metamorphic to hydrothermal history. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/120, 40p.

Geological themes
Geology, scale 1:100.000
The 10 geological maps that form the basis of the seamless digital map are:

• 61 V.1 Syd Ivigtut 61°00´–61°30´N; 47°30´–49°09´W; N. Henriksen, 1968.
• 61 V.1 Nord Neria 61°30´–62°00´N; 48°30´–50°00´W; S.B. Jensen, 1975.
• 61 V.2 Nord Midternæs 61°30´–62°00´N; 47°00´–48°30´W; J.C. Escher & S.B. Jensen, 1974.
• 62 V.1 Syd Nerutussoq 62°00´–62°30´N; 49°15´–50°45´W; S.B. Jensen, 1976.
• 62 V.2 Syd Nigerdlikasik 62°00´–62°30´N; 47°45´–49°15´W; J.C. Escher & S.B. Jensen, 1976.
• 62 V.1 Nord Bjørnesund 62°30´–63°00´N; 49°03´–50°48´W; J.C. Escher, 1985.
• 63 V.1 Syd Grædefjord 63°00´–63°30´N; 50°15´–51°45´W; J.S. Myers, 1982.
• 63 V.2 Syd Sinarssuk 63°00´–63°30´N; 48°45´–50°15´W; J.S. Myers, 1980.
• 63 V.1 Nord Buksefjorden 63°30´–64°00´N; 50°42´–52°15´W; B. Chadwick & K. Coe, 1983.
• 63 V.2 Nord Kangiata nuna 63°30´–64°00´N; 49°00´–50°42´W; J.C. Escher, 1981.

Legend
Keulen, N., Kokfelt, T.F. & Scherstén, A. 2010: Notes on the common legend to the 1:100 000 digital geological map of southern West and South-West Greenland, 61°30’ - 64°N. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/119, 40pp. See also reference herein.

Structural profiles
In the individual files:
Keulen, N., Schumacher, J.C., van Hinsberg, V. Szilas, K., Windley, B. & Kokfelt, T.F. 2010: The Bjørnesund anorthosite-greenstone belt –linking the Fiskenæsset complex to the Ravn Storø metavolcanic belt. In: Annual workshop on the geology of southern West Greenland related to field work: abstract volume II (Kokfelt, T.F. & Kolb, J. eds.) Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/58, 9-13.
Keulen, N., Schumacher, J.C. & Kokfelt, T.F. 2011: Notes on established structural profiles related to the 1:100 000 digital geological map of southern West and South-West Greenland, 61°30’ - 64°N. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/13.

Geochronological data of dated rock samples and stream sediment samples
In the individual files:
Kokfelt, T.F., Keulen, N., Næraa, T., Nilsson, M., Scherstén, A., Szilas, K. & Heijboer, T. 2011: Geochronological characterisation of the felsic rocks of the Archaean craton in South-West Greenland and southern West Greenland, 61°30’ - 64°N. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/12.
Kokfelt, T.F., Keulen, N.T., Heijboer, T.C., Næraa, T. & Scherstén, A. 2010: Thematic age distribution maps of the Archaean basement of southern West Greenland. In: Annual workshop on the geology of southern West Greenland related to field work: abstract volume II (Kokfelt, T.F. & Kolb, J. eds.) Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/58, 23-25.
Kokfelt, T.F., Scherstén, A., Næraa, T. & Keulen, N. 2009: Overview of geochronological data in the area between Ameralik and Frederikshåb Isblink. Southern West-Greenland Fieldwork Spring Meeting, Copenhagen. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2009/21, p.12.
Keulen, N., Scherstén, A., Schumacher, J.C., Næraa, T. & Windley, B.F. 2009: Geological observations in the southern West Greenland basement from Ameralik to Frederikshåb Isblink in 2008. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 17, 49–52. Available at: www.geus.dk/publications/bull.
Keulen, N., Næraa, T., Kokfelt, T.F., Schumacher, J.C. & Scherstén, A., 2010a: Zircon record of the igneous and metamorphic history of the Fiskenæsset anorthosite complex in southern West Greenland. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 20, 67-70. Open access: www.geus.dk/publications/bull.
Keulen, N., Schumacher, J.C., van Hinsberg, V. Szilas, K., Windley, B. & Kokfelt, T.F. 2010b: The Bjørnesund anorthosite-greenstone belt –linking the Fiskenæsset complex to the Ravn Storø metavolcanic belt. In: Annual workshop on the geology of southern West Greenland related to field work: abstract volume II (Kokfelt, T.F. & Kolb, J. eds.) Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/58, 9-13.
Næraa, T., Scherstén, A. & Kokfelt, T.F. 2010: Field observations, whole rock chemistry and combined zircon U/Pb/Hf/O isotope analyses from the Ilivertalik Augen Granite, southern West Greenland: Evidence for an igneous granite – charnockite relationship. In: Annual workshop on the geology of southern West Greenland related to field work: abstract volume II (Kokfelt, T.F. & Kolb, J. eds.) Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/58, 32-35.

Geochronological maps showing the interpretation of the Zircon U/Pb dated rock samples and stream sediments
Kokfelt, T.F., Keulen, N., Næraa, T., Nilsson, M., Scherstén, A., Szilas, K. & Heijboer, T. 2011: Geochronological characterisation of the felsic rocks of the Archaean craton in South-West Greenland and southern West Greenland, 61°30’ - 64°N. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/12.
Kokfelt, T.F., Keulen, N.T., Heijboer, T.C., Næraa, T. & Scherstén, A. 2010: Thematic age distribution maps of the Archaean basement of southern West Greenland. In: Annual workshop on the geology of southern West Greenland related to field work: abstract volume II (Kokfelt, T.F. & Kolb, J. eds.) Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/58, 23-25.

Metamorphism
Schumacher, J.C., van Hinsberg, V.J. & Keulen, N. 2011: Metamorphism in supracrustal and ultramafic rocks in southern West Greenland and South-West Greenland 64 – 61.5ºN. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/06, 29p.
Van Hinsberg, V.J., Szilas, K. & Kisters, A.F.M. 2010: The Tartoq Group, SW Greenland: Mineralogy, textures and a preliminary metamorphic to hydrothermal history. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/120, 40p.
Schumacher, J.C., Stamper, C., Sherwood, G., Keulen, N. & Piazolo, S. 2010: Pressure and temperature constraints on metamorphism of and the P-T trajectory for altered volcanic rocks from Qilanngaarsuit Island, east of Qarajat Iluat fjord and Ikkattup Nunaa. In: Annual workshop on the geology of southern West Greenland related to field work: abstract volume II (Kokfelt, T.F. & Kolb, J. eds.) Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/58, 42-44.
Van Hinsberg, V. 2010: The Tartoq metamorphic sequence: Using tourmaline to reconstruct its themal and chemical history. In: Annual workshop on the geology of southern West Greenland related to field work: abstract volume II(Kokfelt, T.F. & Kolb, J. eds.) Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/58, 49-51.
Schumacher, J.C., Keulen, N., Probst, A. & Piazolo, S. 2009: Metamorphism and host rock interaction with pegmatites. Southern West-Greenland Fieldwork Spring Meeting, Copenhagen. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2009/21, 30-31.
Kolb, J., Steensgaard, B.M., Schlatter, D.M. & Dziggel, A. 2009: Controls of hydrothermal quartz vein mineralization and wall rock alteration between Ameralik and Sermilik, southern West Greenland. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2009/25.
Kolb, J., Dziggel, A., Koppelberg, M. Stoltz, N.B., Kisters, A.F.M. & Bergen, A. 2010: Controls of hydrothermal quartz vein mineralization and wall rock alteration between Sermilik and Grædefjord, southern West Greenland. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2010/47.

Geochemistry
Ady, B. & Tukiainen, T. 1995: Regional compilations of geoscience data from the Paamiut - Buksefjorden area, southern West and South-West Greenland. Thematic Map Series Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 94/2, 27 pp., 63 maps.
Erfurt, P., Steenfelt, A. & Dam, E. 1991: Reconnaissance geochemical mapping of southern West Greenland from 62º30'N to 64º00'N - 1991 results. Open File Series Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 91/9, 21 pp.
Szilas, K., Berger, A., Kokfelt, T.F., Næraa, T., Scherstén, A., & Klausen, M.B. 2011: Geochemistry of the supracrustal rocks and the associated intrusive TTG suites of the Archaean craton in South-West Greenland and southern West Greenland, 61°30’ - 64°N. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2011/10.
Steenfelt, A. 1994a: Crustal structure in West and South Greenland reflected by regional distribution patterns of calcium and potassium in stream sediment. Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 161, 11-20.
Steenfelt, A. 1994b: Large scale geochemical variation in the Precambrian of West and South Greenland. Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 160, 41-44.
Steenfelt, A. 2001: Geochemical atlas of Greenland – West and South Greenland. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 2001/46.
Steenfelt, A., Petersen, A. & Dam, E. 1994: Reconnaissance geochemical mapping of the Paamiut region (61º25' to 62º45' N, 48º00' to 50º00 W), South West Greenland. Open File Series Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 94/1, 14 pp.

Heavy mineral data
Keulen, N., Frei, D., Bernstein, S., Hutchison, M.T., Knudsen, C. & Jensen, L. 2008: Fully automated analysis of grain chemistry, size and morphology by CCSEM: examples from cement production and diamond exploration. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, GEUS, Bulletin 15, 93-97.
Keulen, N. & Heijboer, T. 2011: The provenance of garnet: semi-automatic plotting and classification of garnet compositions. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 13, EGU2011-4716, 2011.

Geophysical data
Ady, B. & Tukiainen, T. 1995: Regional compilations of geoscience data from the Paamiut - Buksefjorden area, southern West and South-West Greenland. Thematic Map Series Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 94/2, 27 pp., 63 maps.
Rasmussen, T.M. & Thorning, L. 1999: Airborne geophysical surveys in Greenland 1998. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 183, 34-38.
Stemp, R.W. 1997: Helicopter-borne geophysical surveys in the Grønnedal region, South-West Greenland. Results from project AEM Greenland 1996. Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 1997/12, 29 pp.
Thorning, L. & Stemp, R.W. 1997: Projects Aeromag 1995 and Aeromag 1996. Results from aeromagnetic surveys over South Greenland (1995) and South-West and southern West Greenland (1996). Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 1997/11, 44 pp.