The southern West Greenland continental margin: rifting history, basin development, and petroleum potential

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 915-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. CHALMERS ◽  
T. C. R. PULVERTAFT ◽  
F. G. CHRISTIANSEN ◽  
H. C. LARSEN ◽  
K. H. LAURSEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Continental Margin ◽  
Petroleum Potential ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Basin Development

scholarly journals Geology and petroleum prospectivity of the region offshore southern West Greenland – a summary

1995 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
J.A Chalmers ◽  
T Dahl-Jensen ◽  
K.J Bate ◽  
R.C Whittaker
Keyword(s):  
Continental Margin ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Geophysical Data ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Regional Structure ◽  
Complete Understanding ◽  
Petroleum Potential ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
First Time

Since 1987, the Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) has been engaged in a re-assessment of the geology and petroleum potential of the region offshore southern West Greenland. In I994, a milestone was reached in this study when, for the first time, a fairly complete understanding of the regional structure and stratigraphy of all of the sedimentary basins and the continental margin off shore southern West Greenland was achieved. This paper presents an account of how the work was carried out and gives a summary of the geological results. Due to the area being offshore, its investigation required the interpretation of geophysical data, primarily seismic data, tied to boreholes.

THE PETROLEUM POTENTIAL OF ANTARCTICA AND ITS CONTINENTAL MARGIN

1981 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
P. J. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Continental Margin ◽  
Ross Sea ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Weddell Sea ◽  
East Antarctica ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Oil Accumulation ◽  
Petroleum Potential ◽  
Late Mesozoic ◽  
West Antarctic

On the basis of geological comparison and analogy with other Gondwanaland continents, four regions of Antarctica and its continental margin offer potential petroleum-bearing basins.The area of the Weddell Sea, Byrd subglacial basin and Ross Sea is analogous to the area east of the Andes Mountains in Argentina and offers good petroleum potential.The divergent continental margin of East Antarctica is analogous to the southern Australian and East Brazilian margins and its continental shelf is likely to contain Late Mesozoic basins, perhaps with a variety of reservoir systems, having good petroleum potential.The wide continental shelves of the Bellinghausen and Amundsen seas on the West Antarctic margin may also present favourable areas of petroleum exploration. Large intracratonic basins in East Antarctica, although possibly geologically favourable for oil accumulation, lie beneath thick ice, are largely unknown, and are the least prospective of the four areas.The exploitation of any Antarctic mineral resources will require the resolution of sovereignty claims to Antarctica at present excluded from the Antarctic Treaty.

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