The earliest Paleoproterozoic supracrustal rocks in Koillismaa, northern Finland - Their petrographic and geochemical characteristics and lithostratigraphy

• Published in: Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
• Main Authors: L.S. Lauri, T. Karinen, J. Räsänen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of Finland 2003
• Subjects: metavolcanic rocks; granophyre; mineralogy; geochemistry; lithostratigraphy; layered intrusions; rifting; Paleoproterozoic; Koillismaa; Finland; Geology; QE1-996.5; Salla; Kynsijärvi; Sirniö; Unijoki; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17741/bgsf/75.1-2.003; https://doaj.org/article/cf8fc4bbb01846a2a4c77d000660048f

The 2.44 Ga Koillismaa layered igneous complex (KLIC) in northern Finland is interpreted to have formed as a consequence of early Paleoproterozoic continental rifting. Associated with the mafic layered intrusions are felsic to intermediate volcanic and plutonic rocks of approximately the same age. T...