Airborne geophysical data from Greenland

This issue of Geology and Ore provides a 2024 update on the airborne geophysical and remote sensing surveys from Greenland, previously presented in Geology and Ore no. 22 in 2013.

During the last decade, a series of local hyper-spectral surveys and one regional magnetic survey have been acquired on behalf of GEUS and the Greenlandic government as well as many license-specific geophysical datasets from the mineral exploration industry has been released.

Geophysical data is a major source of information on the structure and composition of the Earth. New technological developments with respect to all data acquisition, processing, and interpretation place geophysics as an important key to improved mapping and understanding of the Earth’s structures.

Airborne geophysical surveying is a particular efficient tool for systematic investigations of large areas as is the case in Greenland.

Easy access to geophysical data is recognised as being of utmost importance to provide potential users with an overview of publicly available datasets as well as to use these data and reports for their exploration and research activities. In fulfilling this for Greenland, a newly established web-based solution gives access to information and data from both newly acquired surveys and legacy data from older surveys, and presents overview images of airborne geophysical data compilations.