Markku
Väisänen
Docent, Geology
PhD
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Areas of expertise
Svecofennian Orogen
U-Pb age dating
geochemistry
structural geology
tectonics
Biography
1991 MSc at Åbo Akademi University
2002 PhD at the University of Turku
2007 Docent (adjunct professor) at the University of Turku
Teaching
Microscope Course, Igneous Petrology, Global Tectonics, Mineral Separation Course, Field trips
Research
The main focus is the crustal evolution of the Svecofennian Orogen using multidisciplinary research methods: field geology, geochemistry, isotope geology and mineralogy. One project models gold deposits in the Häme Belt, SW Finland. .
Publications
Early Svecofennian rift-related magmatism: Geochemistry, U-Pb-Hf zircon isotope data and tectonic setting of the Au-hosting Uunimäki gabbro, SW Finland (2021)
Precambrian Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
U-Pb zircon dating of igneous rocks in the Salo area, SW Finland (2021)
LITHOSPHERE
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Tracing arclogites in the Paleoproterozoic Era - A shift from 1.88 Ga calc-alkaline to 1.86 Ga high-Nb and adakite-like magmatism in central Fennoscandian Shield (2020)
Lithos
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope data from the Late Cretaceous Mawat ophiolite, NE Iraq (2019)
Heliyon
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Source for suprachondritic Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf values in 1.86 Ga monzogabbros in south-central Fennoscandian Shield (2019)
Goldschmidt2019
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
EVIDENCE FOR A HIGH NB/TA AND ZR/HF RESERVOIR IN SOUTH-CENTRAL FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELD TRACED IN 1.86-1.85 GA MONZOGABBROS (2018)
4th Finnish National Colloquium of Geosciences
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
1.90-1.88Ga arc magmatism of central Fennoscandia: geochemistry, U-Pb geochronology, Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf isotope systematics of plutonic-volcanic rocks from Southern Finland (2018)
Geologica Acta
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
U-Pb zircon, monazite and xenotime geochronology of cordierite-anthophyllite and felsic volcanic rocks in Orijärvi, southern Finland (2018)
SYMPOSIUM ON STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Shear zones and structural analysis of the Loimaa area, SW Finland (2018)
LITHOSPHERE
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
High-Nb and adakite-like 1.86 Ga magmatism in southern Finland (2018)
33rd Nordic Geological Winter Meeting 2018
(O2 Muu julkaisu )