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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- 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) - 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) - 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
(Other publication) - Magmas, metasomatism, and melting – the Svecofennian orogeny in southernmost Finland (2022) LITHOSPHERE 2022: TWELFTH SYMPOSIUM ON THE STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE: PROGRAMME AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Saukko A, Nikkilä K, Fröjdö S, Eklund O, Väisänen M
(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) - 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) - Metamorphic zones in SW Finland: monazite and zircon U-Pb dating of leucosomes in paragneisses (2021) LITHOSPHERE 2021: ELEVENTH SYMPOSIUM ON STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE: PROGRAMME AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Vehkamäki T, Väisänen M, Kurhila M, O’Brien H, Hölttä P, Syrjänen JK
(Other publication) - SUBDUCTED BASALTS AND SEDIMENTS AS SOURCES FOR FELSIC DYKES IN THE MAWAT OPHIOLITE, NE IRAQ (2021)
- Ofioliti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 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) - 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 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Source for suprachondritic Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf values in 1.86 Ga monzogabbros in south-central Fennoscandian Shield (2019) Kara Jaakko, Väisänen Markku
(Other publication) - U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope data from the Late Cretaceous Mawat ophiolite, NE Iraq (2019)
- Heliyon
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 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
(Other publication) - 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
(Other publication) - 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
(Other publication) - High-Nb and adakite-like 1.86 Ga magmatism in southern Finland (2018) Kara Jaakko, Väisänen Markku, O’Brien Hugh, Lahaye Yann
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