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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