Geological Mapping 1:100 000 scale

3D-photogrammetry is a key tool in geological mapping. In West Greenland more than 2000 meters high mountains were exhumed during the Neogene due to the post-glacial uplift and cut by deep fjord systems. The steep cliffs and the Km-scale continuous outcrops represent a natural laboratory for structural geology and geological mapping of Palaeoproterozoic metamorphic rocks.

Oblique photo taken from helicopter along Kangilleq Fjord (West Greenland) showing folded and sheared Palaeoproterozoic quartzites.

Oblique photo taken from helicopter along Kangilleq Fjord (West Greenland) showing folded and sheared Palaeoproterozoic quartzites.

Pierpaolo Guarnieri
Senior Researcher
Mapping and Mineral Resources