The Rødryggen-1 and Brorson Halvø-1 fully cored boreholes (Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous), Wollaston Forland, North-East Greenland – an introduction

Authors

  • Jørgen A Bojesen-Koefoed Department for Mapping and Mineral Resources, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5647-2769
  • Peter Alsen Department for Geo-energy and Storage, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-9054
  • Morten Bjerager Department for Geophysics and Sedimentary Basins, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Jussi Hovikoski Department for Geophysics and Sedimentary Basins, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark; Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Espoo, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6330-8713
  • Jon R Ineson Department for Geophysics and Sedimentary Basins, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0017-3705
  • Peter N Johannessen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), now retired
  • Mette Olivarius Department of Geo-energy and Storage, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3853-7543
  • Stefan Piasecki Department for Geophysics and Sedimentary Basins, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark; Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Retired https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-859X
  • Henrik Vosgerau Department for Geophysics and Sedimentary Basins, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7582-5360

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v55.8350

Keywords:

stratigraphic boreholes, technical data, sedimentology, biostratigraphy, geochemistry

Abstract

Two fully cored boreholes, the Rødryggen-1 and the Brorson Halvø-1, were drilled in Wollaston Forland, North-East Greenland, in 2009 and 2010, respectively. The objective was to test the stratigraphic development of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous mud-dominated succession in two different settings within the same fault block of a developing half-graben: centrally (Rødryggen-1 borehole) and near the uplifted crest of the rotating fault block (Brorson Halvø-1 borehole). The drilled deposits are equivalent to the principal petroleum source-rock sequence of the petroliferous basins of North-West Europe, Siberia, and basins off eastern Canada and provide a new record of an important phase of marine deoxygenation in the proto-North Atlantic region. 

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Published

21-12-2023

How to Cite

Bojesen-Koefoed, J. A., Alsen, P., Bjerager, M., Hovikoski, J., Ineson, J. R., Johannessen, P. N., Olivarius, M., Piasecki, S., & Vosgerau, H. (2023). The Rødryggen-1 and Brorson Halvø-1 fully cored boreholes (Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous), Wollaston Forland, North-East Greenland – an introduction. GEUS Bulletin, 55. https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v55.8350