Jaakko Kara
PhD
jkmkar@utu.fi Akatemiankatu 1 Turku Office: Room 509, 5th floor ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0081-4111 |
Areas of expertise
Geochemistry; Isotope geology; Structural geology; Ore geology
Geochemistry; Isotope geology; Structural geology; Ore geology
Biography
Besides geology I am interested in athletics and nature and especially combining these two like in climbing, snowboarding, hiking and cross country skiing.
Research
- Geodynamic (tectonic and magmatic) evolution of the Svecofennian bedrock in southern Finland
- Geochemical and isotopical modelling of the mantle derived magmas during the different stages of the Svecofennian orogeny
- Genetic link between structural evolution and spatial distribution of the known gold deposits in SW Finland
Publications 
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- U-Hf-Pb Isotope Zircon Data on A Basaltic Dyke in the Pushtashan Ophiolite, NE Iraq: Implication for Tectonic Switching of the Neo-Tethyan (2026)
- Iraqi Geological Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Age and structural evolution of the orogenic gold deposits in Kullaa, SW Finland: Implications for fluid activity and gold precipitation during evolving orogeny (2025)
- Precambrian Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Geochronology of the felsic rocks in Orijärvi, southern Finland - implications for stratigraphy (2025)
- Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kiven ikä paljastuu täällä - Miljardi vuotta mikrometrin kiteessä (2023)
- Tekniikan maailma
(E1 Popularised article) - Arclogite formation beneath the Svecofennian orogen (2022) LITHOSPHERE 2022: TWELFTH SYMPOSIUM ON THE STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE: PROGRAMME AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Kara J, Väisänen M, Heinonen JS, O’Brien H
(Other publication) - Zircon dating of the basalt and felsic dyke in Haveri, SW Finland (2022)
- Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Zircon U-Pb age of the Haveri basalt and felsic dyke (2022) LITHOSPHERE 2022: TWELFTH SYMPOSIUM ON THE STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE: PROGRAMME AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Kara J, Väisänen M, O’Brien H
(Other publication) - 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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evolution of the Svecofennian Bedrock in Southern Finland - Spatial and temporal changes in the mantle-derived magmatism and mantle-crust interaction (2021) Kara Jaakko
(G5 Article dissertation ) - U-Pb zircon dating of igneous rocks in the Salo area, SW Finland (2021) LITHOSPHERE 2021: ELEVENTH SYMPOSIUM ON STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE: PROGRAMME AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Väisänen M, Kara J, Penttinen H, Lahaye Y, O’Brien H, Skyttä P
(Other publication)
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