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The Nuussuaq Basin is the only exposed Cretaceous–Paleocene sedimentary basin in West Greenland and is one of a complex of linked rift basins stretching from the Labrador Sea to northern Baffin Bay. These basins developed along West Greenland as a result of the opening of the Labrador Sea in Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic times. The Nuussuaq Basin is exposed in West Greenland between 69°N and 72°N on Disko, Nuussuaq, Upernivik Ø, Qeqertarsuaq, Itsaku and Svartenhuk Halvø and has also been recorded in a number of shallow and deep wells in the region. The sediments are assigned to the more than 6 km thick Nuussuaq Group (new) which underlies the Palaeogene plateau basalts of the West Greenland Basalt Group. The sediment thickness is best estimated from seismic data; in the western part of the area, seismic and magnetic data suggest that the succession is at least 6 km and possibly as much as 10 km thick. The exposed Albian–Paleocene part of the succession testifies to two main episodes of regional rifting and basin development: an EarlyCretaceous and a Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene episode prior to the start of sea-floor spreading in mid-Paleocene time. This exposed section includes fan delta, fluviodeltaic, shelfal and deepmarine deposits. The Nuussuaq Group is divided into ten formations, most of which have previously been only briefly described, with the exception of their macrofossil content. In ascending stratigraphic order, the formations are: the Kome Formation, the Slibestensfjeldet Formation (new), the Upernivik Næs Formation, the Atane Formation (including four new members – the Skansen, Ravn Kløft, Kingittoq and Qilakitsoq Members – and one new bed, the Itivnera Bed), the Itilli Formation (new, including four new members: the Anariartorfik, Umiivik, Kussinerujuk and Aaffarsuaq Members), the Kangilia Formation (including the revised Annertuneq Conglomerate Member andthe new Oyster–Ammonite Conglomerate Bed), the Quikavsak Formation (new, including three new members: the Tupaasat, Nuuk Qiterleq and Paatuutkløften Members), the Agatdal Formation, the Eqalulik Formation (new, including the Abraham Member), and the Atanikerluk Formation (new, including five members: the Naujât, Akunneq (new), Pingu (new), Umiussat and Assoq (new) Members).

The article presents a case study of spectral gamma-ray characterisation of the deltaic Cretaceous Atane Formation in Nuussuaq Basin, Greenland. It states that gamma-ray logs are used for lithology indicator and petrophysical model which are emitted by three elements such as potassium, thorium, and uranium. The case study reportedly fails to resolve the grain-size variation of the formation because of the presence of the elements.

The article focuses on a study on the geological development of the Femern Bælt area between Denmark and Germany. The study involves 170 samples from 46 wells that have been fully cored in the pre-Quartenary deposits. Processes used in the study are biostratigraphy and lithostratigraphy. Several events in the geological development of the area are mentioned which include erosional episodes in the Selandian deposits, clastic marine sedimentation and deposition.

The microfossil and palynofloral assemblages of the Paleocene to middle Eocene succession, offshore West Greenland, have been investigated. Several taxa, which are believed to reflect specific palaeoenvironments were selected, and their relative abundances measured. Subsequently, an interpretation of the changing depositional settings in the Hellefisk-1, Ikermiut-1, Kangaˆmiut-1, Nukik-1 and Nukik-2 boreholes through the lower Palaeogene has been made. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]