Research

Briefly on my research interests

My main field of research is igneous petrology, which encompasses the study of magmatic rocks with methods ranging from mineralogy and petrography to sophisticated geochemical analysis methods and thermodynamic modeling. Particularly I am specialized in isotope geochemistry and isotopic methods as applied to the study of magmatic systems. These include for example U-Pb geochronology and isotopic tracer methods such as Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, Pb-Pb, and O systems.

Geology is a discipline with inherent interest in the fourth dimension; processes acting on prolonged timescales of millions or even billions of years. My research has mostly concentrated on igneous rocks formed during Precambrian time (4566 to 541 my ago) in the history of the Earth. Specifically I have studied the petrology and isotope geochemistry of Proterozoic rapakivi granites and different rock types, such as massif-type anorthosites, associated with them. Below you can find links to most of the research projects I have been involved with in the past years.

Petrology of the Suvasvesi granitoid intrusion

Orbicular rocks of Finland

Monzodiorites and magma interaction in the Ahvenisto complex

In situ isotope geochemistry of the Wiborg rapakivi granite batholith in Southern Finland

Petrogenesis of Proterozoic massif-type anorthosites

Anorogenic granitic suites of southern Laurentia (New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, USA)