Highly varying radiogenic heat production in Finland, Fennoscandian Shield
Radiogenic heat production in Finland has been previously studied using airborne gamma-ray surveys and glacial till measurements alike. For the first time, this paper presents a detailed survey on the spatial variation in radiogenic heat production determined using outcrop samples obtained from all...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/322025 2024-01-07T09:43:12+01:00 Highly varying radiogenic heat production in Finland, Fennoscandian Shield Veikkolainen, Toni Henri Kristian Kukkonen, Ilmo Tapio Department of Geosciences and Geography University Management 2020-11-27T01:55:57Z 24 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/322025 eng eng Elsevier Scientific Publ. Co 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.11.006 Veikkolainen , T H K & Kukkonen , I T 2019 , ' Highly varying radiogenic heat production in Finland, Fennoscandian Shield ' , Tectonophysics , vol. 750 , no. 1 , pp. 93-116 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.11.006 ORCID: /0000-0003-2740-6185/work/51565098 85057161579 06a75928-8faa-45b6-8b90-f0cad8f244a2 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/322025 000458713300008 cc_by_nc_nd openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 1171 Geosciences Heat production Radiometric Uranium Thorium Heat flow Precambrian PERMIAN GEOLOGICAL PROVINCES SEISMIC VELOCITY POLAR PROFILE VERTICAL-DISTRIBUTION GRAVITY-ANOMALIES PRECAMBRIAN CRUST THERMAL STRUCTURE NORTHERN FINLAND FLOW DATA U-PB Article acceptedVersion 2020 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:02:01Z Radiogenic heat production in Finland has been previously studied using airborne gamma-ray surveys and glacial till measurements alike. For the first time, this paper presents a detailed survey on the spatial variation in radiogenic heat production determined using outcrop samples obtained from all important lithologies of the country. The dataset of 6465 samples represents mostly Mesoarchean (about 2.7 Ga), Paleoproterozoic (ca. 2.2-1.8 Ga) and Mesoproterozoic (ca. 1.6-1.3 Ga) rocks. Nearly all data are from Precambrian Fennoscandian Shield area, but heat production appears to be highly variable, and above global Archean and Proterozoic averages. Spot readings show an arithmetic average of 1.34 +/- 1.19 mu Wm(-3), and a range from 0.02 to 19.4 mu Wm(-3). The interpolated areal average of the whole area is 1.42 +/- 1.41 mu Wm(-3). The high standard deviation of data is related to the geochemical characteristics of uranium (U), thorium (Th) and potassium (K) resulting in a skewed distribution of heat production. Mesoproterozoic anorogenic rapakivi granites, and late Paleoproterozoic Svecofennian granitoids show the highest heat production values in the range of 3-5 mu Wm(-3). The results show no distinct dependencies of heat production with geological age, metamorphic grade nor seismic P-wave velocity, but an increasing trend of heat production with SiO2 content and decreasing trends of heat production with Fe2O3 content and with rock density are evident. Surface heat flow (44 borehole data values) correlates weakly with heat production (r = 0.35). The general heterogeneity of heat production calls for supporting information from other geophysical methods for better understanding of the thermal state of the lithosphere in Finland and beyond. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandian Northern Finland HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Tectonophysics 750 93 116 |
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Radiogenic heat production in Finland has been previously studied using airborne gamma-ray surveys and glacial till measurements alike. For the first time, this paper presents a detailed survey on the spatial variation in radiogenic heat production determined using outcrop samples obtained from all important lithologies of the country. The dataset of 6465 samples represents mostly Mesoarchean (about 2.7 Ga), Paleoproterozoic (ca. 2.2-1.8 Ga) and Mesoproterozoic (ca. 1.6-1.3 Ga) rocks. Nearly all data are from Precambrian Fennoscandian Shield area, but heat production appears to be highly variable, and above global Archean and Proterozoic averages. Spot readings show an arithmetic average of 1.34 +/- 1.19 mu Wm(-3), and a range from 0.02 to 19.4 mu Wm(-3). The interpolated areal average of the whole area is 1.42 +/- 1.41 mu Wm(-3). The high standard deviation of data is related to the geochemical characteristics of uranium (U), thorium (Th) and potassium (K) resulting in a skewed distribution of heat production. Mesoproterozoic anorogenic rapakivi granites, and late Paleoproterozoic Svecofennian granitoids show the highest heat production values in the range of 3-5 mu Wm(-3). The results show no distinct dependencies of heat production with geological age, metamorphic grade nor seismic P-wave velocity, but an increasing trend of heat production with SiO2 content and decreasing trends of heat production with Fe2O3 content and with rock density are evident. Surface heat flow (44 borehole data values) correlates weakly with heat production (r = 0.35). The general heterogeneity of heat production calls for supporting information from other geophysical methods for better understanding of the thermal state of the lithosphere in Finland and beyond. Peer reviewed |
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Highly varying radiogenic heat production in Finland, Fennoscandian Shield |
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Highly varying radiogenic heat production in Finland, Fennoscandian Shield |
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Highly varying radiogenic heat production in Finland, Fennoscandian Shield |
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Highly varying radiogenic heat production in Finland, Fennoscandian Shield |
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Highly varying radiogenic heat production in Finland, Fennoscandian Shield |
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10.1016/j.tecto.2018.11.006 Veikkolainen , T H K & Kukkonen , I T 2019 , ' Highly varying radiogenic heat production in Finland, Fennoscandian Shield ' , Tectonophysics , vol. 750 , no. 1 , pp. 93-116 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.11.006 ORCID: /0000-0003-2740-6185/work/51565098 85057161579 06a75928-8faa-45b6-8b90-f0cad8f244a2 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/322025 000458713300008 |
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