Ammonite dating of western Nuussuaq
Name of applicant
Peter Alsen
Title
Senior Researcher
Institution
The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)
Amount
DKK 81,460
Year
2025
Type of grant
Field Trips / Research Stays < 100,000
Summary
Fieldwork is undertaken in the Ittili Valley in western Nuussuaq (West Greenland) aiming at finding Cretaceous ammonites – age diagnostic fossils – for dating the otherwise totally undated sedimentary succession in the area. Dating the more than 2000 m thick section is expected to provide correlation from the well-known geology of the eastern Nuussuaq and to the relatively well-known offshore area