Drilling on Transect EG64 was designed to sample the earliest volcanic rocks and underlying sediments in the large coastal embayment south of Ammassalik, Greenland (Fig. F1). The H/S Dana seismic survey (Hopper et al., 1997) showed a sedimentary basin flanked to the west by continental basement and to the east overlain by the landward featheredge of the seaward dipping reflector sequence (seismic Line DLC9708) (Fig. F2). Transect EG64 is located midway between Transect EG63, investigated during Ocean Drilling Program Legs 152 and 163, and Transect EG65 discussed in the "Transect EG65 Results" chapter. Drilling in this region was undertaken to sample the oldest volcanic products, which are analogous to the lower series along Transect EG63 (see the "Introduction" chapter), as part of our margin-wide sampling effort, and, if possible, to sample the prevolcanic sediment basin. Of particular interest were the basement highs within the basin that suggested either fault block structures or intrusives possibly related to breakup, as seen along the coast between Ammassalik and Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord, Greenland.
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