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East Greenland Rift, The

Synopsis
A complete distance-learning package based around an extensive filming trip to Jameson Land and the Wollaston Forland in Greenland. Illustrates the sedimentary response to rifting in this classic and well-exposed region.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Year of production
1991
Availability
Out of Distribution
Documentation
Package includes 4 programmes on 2 videotapes, 151-page workbook and tutor notes.
Subjects
Geology
Keywords
Greenland; rift basins

Sections

Title
Basin development
Synopsis
Part 1: Introduces the tectonic setting of the Mosozoic and Tertiary, and focuses on three episodes of sedimentation: Late Permian carbonates, Triassic continental siliciclastics and Jurassic submarine fans. These are then related to events in the develop

Title
Permian carbonates
Synopsis
Part 2: Demonstrates the controls on carbonate shelf sedimentation. Examines one facies - the reefs - in detail. The reservoir potential of the reefal facies and the prospectivity of the East Greenland Late Permian play is reviewed and related to general

Title
Mesozoic clastics
Synopsis
Part 3: Provides video data for viewers to construct their own lithostratigraphic summary charts and poses questions concerning the tectonic controls on basic architecture. Then presents an exercise using data from on-shore and off-shore Greenland.

Title
Half grabens
Synopsis
Part 4: Introduces the scale and three-dimensional geometry of half graben basins by showing exposures in the Wollaston Forland, and seismic dta from other areas. Discusses the nature of the submarine fan systems building from the footwalls of the half gr

Production Company

Name

Geofilms Ltd

Notes
See: Oxford Network Communications

Sponsor

Name

BP Exploration

Distributor

Name

Oxford Network Communications

Notes
This company has ceased trading and its products are no longer available to purchase

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