Field Notebook: Greenland 1987a
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the beds here are seen to be not less than 100 feet thick with a slight easterly dip. Two firm pinous sandstone layers are present, One is most marked being probably not less than 100 feet thick and the other from 700 to 800 feet above the base. The other sandstone horizons appear to be local. Rarely a dike intersects these beds. From a photo of the basalt cliffs of Micklemot and two of Niaros. Arrived at Micklemot at 11 A.M. Bedding iron. 1 Anders Paulus Kristin Ole Lukassen 2 Mikkeline Anne Rache Cortzen 3 Jens Maria Lucas Moller 4 Karen Anne Elisabeth Bengithe Korstrum The above couple must be on their way by the post today. Arriving at Micklemot the entire village of young and old comes out to greet us and to help unload our boats while the three Pastors are the Sw. Carl Frederik, Wilhelm Fendrichsen, come to bid us welcome. We are soon asked to their country house to have some wine. This wife is a native and her son in Sw. of Moussnaak. The rock of this place is a specialist basalt somewhat columnar. I have a small