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Precambrian geology of Finland : key to the evolution of the Fennoscandian shield /

Focusing on the Precambrian in the central part of the Fennoscandian Shield, the book combines the results from modern geological and geophysical research into a detailed petrologic, lithologic, and structural synthesis and interpretation of the Archean and Proterozoic of Finland. It will be of valu...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Lehtinen, Martti, 1924; Nurmi, Pekka A; Ra mo , Tapani, 1959
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam :
Publication Dates: 2005.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Developments in precambrian geology, 14
Subjects:
From 570 million to 5 billion years ago
Geology, Stratigraphic > Precambrian
Geology > Finland
Geology > Baltic Shield
Geology, Stratigraphic
Stratigraphie > Pre cambrien
Ge ologie > Finlande
Ge ologie > Bouclier baltique
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
Geology
Precambrian Geologic Period
Europe > Baltic Shield
Finland
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/01662635/14
Summary: Focusing on the Precambrian in the central part of the Fennoscandian Shield, the book combines the results from modern geological and geophysical research into a detailed petrologic, lithologic, and structural synthesis and interpretation of the Archean and Proterozoic of Finland. It will be of value to anyone interested in the evolution of the shield in particular and in Precambrian geology in general.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiv, 736 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9780444514219
044451421X
9780080457598
0080457592
Index Number: QE653
CLC: P534.1
Contents: Archean rocks / P. Sorjonen-Ward, E.J. Luukkonen -- Layered mafic intrusions of the Tornio-Na ra nka vaara belt / M. Iljina, E. Hanski -- Central Lapland greenstone belt / E. Hanski, H. Huhma -- Paleoproterozoic mafic dikes in NE Finland / J. Vuollo, H. Huhma -- Ophiolites / P. Peltonen -- Karelian supracrustal rocks / K. Laajoki -- Svecofennian supracrustal rocks / Y. Ka hko nen -- Svecofennian mafic-ultramafic intrusions / P. Peltonen -- Proterozoic orogenic granitoid rocks / M. Nironen -- Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution / R. Lahtinen, A. Korja, M. Nironen -- Rapakivi granites / O.T. R

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