Regional compilations of geoscience data from Nuuk-Maniitsoq area, southern West Greenland

The present volume of maps is a first attempt to publish comprehensive sets of regional geodata for a selected area in Greenland in a standard scale and format. Most of the maps present information which has not previously been published. The purpose of the volume is to facilitate, visually or by integration techniques, the identification of trends and boundaries of importance to the interpretation of crustal composition and the recognition of environments favourable for ore genesis.

For each of the themes, additional information about data acquisition and the method of presentation is given below together with some comments on the results. A comprehensive interpretation of the maps is not attempted at this stage and awaits the results of more work with integrated data sets.

The maps in this volume cover the ice free part of southern West Greenland between latitudes 64 ®N and 66 °N which is administratively divided between the municipalities of Nuuk (Godthåb) and Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen) (see map 90/1-000).