Jaakko Kara
 PhD
Geochemistry; Isotope geology; Structural geology; Ore geology
Besides geology I am interested in athletics and nature and especially combining these two like in climbing, snowboarding, hiking and cross country skiing. 
- 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
- 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
 
 - Geochronology of the felsic rocks in Orijärvi, southern Finland - implications for stratigraphy  (2025)  
- Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
 
 - Kiven ikä paljastuu täällä - Miljardi vuotta mikrometrin kiteessä  (2023)  
- Tekniikan maailma
 
 - Zircon dating of the basalt and felsic dyke in Haveri, SW Finland  (2022)  
- Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
 
 - 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
 
 - Evolution of the Svecofennian Bedrock in Southern Finland - Spatial and temporal changes in the mantle-derived magmatism and mantle-crust interaction  (2021)   Kara Jaakko
 - 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
 - Constraints over the age of magmatism and subsequent deformation for the Neoarchean Kukkola Gneiss Complex, northern Fennoscandia  (2020)  
- Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
 
 - 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
 
 - Source for suprachondritic Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf values in 1.86 Ga monzogabbros in south-central Fennoscandian Shield  (2019)   Kara Jaakko, Väisänen Markku
 - U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope data from the Late Cretaceous Mawat ophiolite, NE Iraq  (2019)  
- Heliyon
 
 - 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
 
 - Characterisation of the structural evolution and structural control of the gold mineralisations in the Kullaa area, SW Finland  (2018)  LITHOSPHERE 2018: TENTH SYMPOSIUM ON STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE: PROGRAMME AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Jaakko Kara, Jukka Manninen, Tuomas Leskelä, Pietari Skyttä, Markku Väisänen, Markku Tiainen, Hanna Leväniemi
 - 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 Turku, 14–15 March 2018: Abstract Book Jaakko Kara, Markku Väisänen
 - Geochronology, geochemistry and structural setting of the Uunimäki gold mineralisation, SW Finland  (2018)  LITHOSPHERE 2018: TENTH SYMPOSIUM ON STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE: PROGRAMME AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Tuomas Leskelä, Jaakko Kara, Iiro Pitkälä, Pietari Skyttä, Markku Väisänen, Markku Tiainen, Hanna Leväniemi, Janne Hokka, Yann Lahaye
 - High-Nb and adakite-like 1.86 Ga magmatism in southern Finland  (2018)   Kara Jaakko, Väisänen Markku, O’Brien Hugh, Lahaye Yann
 - Shear zones and structural analysis of the Loimaa area, SW Finland  (2018)  LITHOSPHERE 2018: TENTH SYMPOSIUM ON STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE: PROGRAMME AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Iiro Pitkälä, Jaakko Kara, Tuomas Leskelä, Pietari Skyttä, Markku Väisänen, Hanna Leväniemi, Janne Hokka, Markku Tiainen, Yann Lahaye
 - Use of the Lu-Hf Zircon Method in the Tracing of Heterogeneities and Inherited Components in Magmas: A Case Study from Southern Finland  (2017)   Jaakko Kara, Yann Lahaye, Markku Väisänen, Hugh O'Brien
 - 1.86 Ga granites in the Salo area, SW Finland  (2016)   Heidi Penttinen, Jaakko Kara, Markku Väisänen, Yann Lahaye, Hugh O'Brien
 - A shoshonitic dyke in Lohja, Southern Finland  (2016)  
- Report - Institute of seismology. University of helsinki
 
 



