Aberdeen Geological Society

It was Eirik the Red that is credited with discovering Greenland, naming it with a positive spin to attract some of his fellow Icelanders to join him in his exile. Numerous explorers, Whalers from Peterhead, trappers from Norway and Denmark, soldiers and finally geologists have enjoyed East Greenland's pleasant, if harsh, shores. After some history, wildlife and landscape to set the scene, it is the predominantly continental Mid to Late Triassic succession of East Greenland that will form the focus of this talk. Five field seasons have allowed a detailed evaluation of the Triassic succession of the Jameson Land Basin casting light on the tectonic and climatic evolution of the region through this period.