Markku Väisänen
PhD
mavaisa@utu.fi +358 50 575 2429 Akatemiankatu 1 Turku Office: 208 |
Areas of expertise
Svecofennian Orogen, U-Pb age dating, geochemistry, structural geology, tectonics
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
1991 MSc at Åbo Akademi University
2002 PhD at the University of Turku
2007 Docent (adjunct professor) at the University of Turku
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. .
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. .
Teaching
Microscope Course, Igneous Petrology, Global Tectonics, Mineral Separation Course, Field trips
Microscope Course, Igneous Petrology, Global Tectonics, Mineral Separation Course, Field trips
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) - Löpönvaara: A new phosphorus‐rich iron meteorite from Finland (2025)
- Meteoritics and Planetary Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology of the leucogranites in southernmost Finland (2024)
- Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kiven ikä paljastuu täällä - Miljardi vuotta mikrometrin kiteessä (2023)
- Tekniikan maailma
(E1 Popularised article) - Repeated fluid activity in the cordierite-orthoamphibole rocks in Orijärvi, southern Finland (2023) Abstracts of the 1st GeoDays, 14th—17th March 2023, Helsinki, Finland Vehkamäki Teemu, Väisänen Markku, O'Brien Hugh, Hölttä Pentti, Lahaye Yann, Kurhila Matti
(Other publication) - 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) - Geochemical and Characteristics of Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks of the Suprasubduction Zone Mawat Ophiolite, NE Iraq (2022)
- Iraqi Geological Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lieksa-4: a P-rich iron meteorite from Lieksa (2022) LITHOSPHERE 2022: TWELFTH SYMPOSIUM ON THE STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE: PROGRAMME AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Kotomaa L, Väisänen M, Mäkilä E, O'Brien H, Kokko P
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