About us	Research Activities	Graduate Programme
	Courses and Workshop	Ibn Battuta Centre	Planetary Links
	Intranet (internal only)

Go Back Past Activities

PROF. KAUKO LAAJOKI´S VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF G. D´ANNUNZIO, CHIETI, PESCARA, ITALY. MAY 10 - 24. 1998. Course theme: PROTEROZOIC STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY IN THE LIGTH OF SOME CASE HISTORIES FROM FINLAND, NORWAY AND USA. Main purpose of the course: Give a brief summary of some important early - middle - late Proterozoic supracrustal basins and encourage students to study sedimentary rocks of ancient fold belts. Sructure of the course: - lectures based on literature and Kauko Laajoki´s personal field studies, - practicals based on Kauko Laajoki´s personal slide collection May 12 - Tuesday 9:00 - 10:30 LECTURE 1. Introduction to the main problem in Proterozoic exogenic geology. Key references: Goodwin, A.M., 1996. Principles of Precambrian Geology. Academic Press, London, 327 p. Especially chapters 3 - 5. (The book contains a lot of good references and useful figures and tables, but is a little boring to read) Windley, B.F., 1995. The Evolving Continents. Wiley, Chichester, 526 p. Especially chapters 12 - 17. and 22. (The book discusses all major problems of the geology of the continents and gives an exhaustive, up-dated list of references. In order to have most of this demanding book, a reader should have an attitude of digging deep into the primary references.) Useful textbooks for palaeosedimentology: Reading, H.G. (ed.), 1986. Sedimentary Environments and Facies. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 615 p. Walker, R.G. & James, N.P., 1992. Facies Models; Response to Sea Level Change. Geol. Ass. Canada, 454 p. 11:00 - 12:30 LECTURE 2. Late Proterozoic stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Varanger Peninsula, Northern Norway. Key references: Hjellbakk, A. 1997. Facies and fluvial architecture of a high-energy braided river: the Upper Proterozoic Seglodden Member, Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway. Sedim. Geol. 114:131-161. (Notice: This article gives a number of newest references) Siedlecka, A. & Roberts, D. 1992. The bedrock geology of Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark, North Norway: an excusion guide. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse, Spec. Publ. 5, 45. (Notice: This guide contains an extensive list of other essential publications) Siedlecka, A., Lyubysov, V.V. & Negrutsa, V.Z., 1995. Correlation between Upper Proterozoic successions in the Tanafjorden-Varangerfjorden region of Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway, and on Sredni Peninsula and Kildin Island in the northeastern coastal area of Kola Peninsula in Russia. Pp. 201 - 216 in D. Roberts and Ø. Nordgulen (eds.) Geology of the eastern Finnmark - western Kola Peninsula region. Proceedings of the 1st. International Barents Symposium, ´Geology and minerals in the Barents Region´, Kirkenes, Norway, October 1993. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse, Spec. Publ.7. (Notice: see also 12 other related articles in this book) May 13 - Wednesday 9:00 - 10:30 LECTURE 3. Late Proterozoic stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Ocoee Super-group, Southern US Appalachians Key references: Hadley, J. B., and Goldsmith, R., 1963, Geology of the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina and Tennessee: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 349-B, 118 p. Hamilton, W R ,1961, Geology of the Richardson Cove and Jones Cove quadrangles, Tennessee: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 349-C, 55 p. Hatcher, R. D. Jr., 1989, Tectonic synthesis of the U. S. Appalachians in Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Thomas, W. A., and Viele, G. W., eds., The Appalachian - Ouachita Orogen in the United States: Boulder, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. F-2, p. 7-100. Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Thomas, W. A., Geiser, P. A., Snoke, A. W., Mosher, S., and Wiltschko, D. V., 1989b, Alleghanian orogen, Chapter 5 in Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Thomas, W. A., and Viele, G. W., eds., The Appalachian-Ouachita orogen in the United States: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. F-2, p. 233-318. Keller, F. B., 1980, Late Precambrian stratigraphy, depositional history, and structural chronology of part of the Tennessee Blue Ridge [Ph. D. Thesis: New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University, 353 p. King, P. B., 1964, Geology of the central Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 349-C, 148 p. King, P. B., Hadley, J. B., Neuman, R. B., and Hamilton, W. B., 1958, Stratigraphy of the Ocoee Series, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee and North Carolina: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 69, p. 947-966. Laajoki, K., 1993, Revision of the lithostratigraphy of the Walden Creek group in southeastern Tennessee and its implications to the basin models of the Ocoee Supergroup: Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 5, p. 28. Neuman, R. B., and Nelson, W. H., 1965, Geology of the western part of the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 349-D, 81 p. 11:00 - 12.30 LECTURE 4. Middle Proterozoic stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Telemark Supergroup, Southern Norway Key references: Dons J A. 1960a. Telemark supracrustal and associated rocks. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 208, 49-58 Dons J A 1960b. The stratigraphy of supracrustal rocks, granitization and tectonics in the Precambrian Telemark area. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 212h. 30 pp. Dahlgren, S., 1990. Geological evolution and U-Pb geochronology of the Proterozoic central Telemark area, Norway. Geonytt (Medlemsblad for Norsk Geologisk Forening) 1/90: 38-39. Laajoki, K., 1998. Stratigraphic and tectonic significance of the Vallar Bru and Eidet conglomerates of the middle Proterozoic Seljord Group, southern Telemark, Norway. 23rd Nordiv Winter Meeting, Århus, Denmark, 13-16 Jan. 1998. Abstracts. Sigmond, E.M.O. 1978. Beskrivelse til det berggrundgeologiske kartbladet Sauda 1:250 000 (Med fargetrykt kart). With an shortened English version: Description of the geological map sheeet Sauda. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 341. 99 pp. May 20 - Wednesday 10:00 - 12.00 LECTURE 5. Main features of early Proterozoic platformal stratigraphy and sedimentology of Northern Fennoscandian Shield Key references: Claeson, S., Huhma, H., Kinny, P.D. & Williams, I.S., 1993. Svecofennian detrital zircon ages - implications for the Precambrian evolution of the Baltic Shield. Precambrian Research, 64:109-130. Gehör, S., & Havola, M., 1988. The depositional environment of the early Proterozoic Tuomivaara iron­formation and associated metasediments, eastern Finland. In K. Laajoki & J. Paakkola (eds.) Sedimentology of the Precambrian formations in eastern and northern Finland. Geol. Surv. Finland, Spec. Paper 5:109-133. Honkamo, M., 1985. On the Proterozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Northern Pohjanmaa schist area, Finlands. Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin 331: 117 - 129. Karhu, J.A. , 1993. Paleoproterozoic evolution of the carbon isotope ratios of sedimentary carbonates in the Fennoscandian shield. Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin 371. 87 pp. Kohonen, J., 1995. From continental rifting to collisional crustal shortening - Paleoproterozoic Kaleva metasediments of the Höytiäinen area in noth Karelia, Finland. Geol. Surv. Finland, Bull. 380, 79 pp. Kohonen, J. & Marmo, J., 1992. Proterozoic lithostratigraphy and sedimentation of Sariola and Jatuli-type rocks in the Nunnanlahti - Koli - Kaltimo area, eastern Finland; implications for regional basin evolution models. Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin 364. 67 pp. Kontinen, A., 1986. Early Proterozoic stratigraphy and sedimentation in the Hyrynsalmi area, Eastern Finland. In V. A. Sokolov & K. I. Heiskanen (eds.) Early Proterozoic of the Baltic Shield. Proceedings of the Finnish - Soviet Symposium held in Petrozavodsk 19-27th August, 1985. Committee for Scientific and Tecnical co­operation between Finland and Soviet Union, Petrozavodsk. 75-103 pp. Kontinen, A., 1987. An early Proterozoic ophiolite - the Jormua mafic - ultramafic complex, northeastern Finland. In G. Gaál & R. Gorbatcshev (eds.) Precambrian geology and evolution of the Central Baltic Shield. Precambr. Res. 35: 313-341. Korkiakoski, E., & Laajoki, K., 1988. The Palaeosedimentology of the Early Proterozoic Salahmi Schist Belt, central Finland. In K. Laajoki & J. Paakkola (eds.) Sedimentology of the Precambrian Formations in Eastern and Northern Finland. Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 5: 49-73. Laajoki, K., 1986a. The Central Puolanka Group - A Precambrian Regressive Metasedimentary Sequence in Northern Finland. Bull. Geol. Soc. Finland 58 (1), 179-193. Laajoki, K., 1991. Stratigraphy of the northern end of the early Proterozoic (Karelian) Kainuu Schist Belt and associated gneiss complexes, Finland. Geological Survey of Finland. Bulletin 358, 105 p. Laajoki, K. & Paakkola, J. (eds.) 1988. Sedimentology of the Precambrian formations in eastern and northern Finland. Proceedings of IGCP 160 Symposium at Oulu, January 21-22, 1986. Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 5. Espoo 1988, 264 p. (Notice: This monograph contains several articles) Laajoki, K., & Korkiakoski, E., 1988. The Precambrian turbidite­tempestite transition as displayed by the amphibolite­facies Puolankajärvi Formation, Finland. Sedimentary Geology 58, 195-216. Laajoki, K., & Luukas, J., 1988. Early Proterozoic Stratigraphy of the Salahmi­Pyhäntä Area, Central Finland, with an Emphasis on Applying the Principles of Lithodemic Stratigraphy to a Complexly Deformed and Metamorphosed Bedrock. Bull. Geol. Soc. Finland 60 (2), 79-106. Laajoki, K., Strand, K., & Härmä, P.,1989. Lithostratigraphy of the early Proterozoic Kainuu Schist Belt in the Kurkikylä­Siikavaara area, northern Finland, with emphasis on the genetic approach. Bull. Geol. Soc. Finland 61 (1), 65-93. Loukola-Ruskeeniemi, K. & Heino, T. , 1996. Geochemistry and Genesis of the Black Shale-Hosted Ni-Cu-Zn Deposit at Talvivaara, Finland. Economic Geology 91: 80-110. Marmo, J., Kohonen, K., Sarapää, O. & Äikäs, O., 1988. Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the lower Proterozoic Sariola and Jatuli Groups in the Koli- Kaltimo area, eastern Finland. In: Laajoki K. and Paakkola J.,(eds.) Sedimentology of the Precambrian formations in eastern and northern Finland, Geol. Surv. Finland, Spec. Paper 5, 11 - 28. Marmo, J.S. & Ojakangas, R.W., 1984. Lower Proterozoic glaciogenic deposits, eastern Finland. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 95, 1055 - 1062. Marmo, J.S., 1992. The Lower Proterozoic Hokkalampi paleosol in North Karelia, eastern Finland, In: Schildlowski M., Golubic S., Kimberley M..M., and Trudinger P.A. ( eds.) Early Organic Evolution; Implications for Mineral and Energy Deposits, Springer Verlag, pp. 41 - 66. Melezhik, V.A. & Often, M., 1996. The geology and ore deposits of the Petchenga Greenstone Belt. (Field trip guidebook). Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse, Report 96.123, 91 p. Melezhik,V.A. & Sturt, B.A., 1994. General geology and evolutionary history of the Early Proterozoic Polmak-Pasvik-Pechenga-Imandra/Varzuga-Ust´ponoy Greenstone Belt in the northeastern Baltic Shield. Earth-Sci. Rev. 205-241. Melezhik,V.A., Sturt, B.A., Mokrousov, V.A., Ramsay, D.M., Nilsson, L.P. & Balashov, Yu.A. , 1994. The early Proterozoic Pasvik-Pechenga Greenstone Belt: 1:200,000 geological map, stratigraphic correlation and revision of stratigraphic nomenclature. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse. Special Publ. 7: 81 - 91. Pekkarinen, L.J., 1979. The Karelian formations and their depositional basement in the Kiihtelysvaara - Värtsilä area, East Finland, Geol. Surv. Finland Bull. 301. 141 pp. Pekkarinen, L.J. & Lukkarinen, H., 1991. Paleoproterozoic volcanism in the Kiihtelysvaara - Tohmajärvi district, eastern Finland. Geol. Surv. Finland Bull. 357. 30 pp. Geology of Finnmark - a collection of papers. 1985. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse. Bull. 403, 218 pp. (Notice: The bulletin contains several articles with a number of references to relevant literature) Strand, K., & Laajoki, K., 1993. Palaeoproterozoic glaciomarine sedimentation in an extensional tectonic setting: the Honkala Formation, Finland. Precambr. Res.64:253-271. Strand, K., 1988. Alluvial sedimentation and tectonic setting of the lower Proterozoic Kurkikylä and Kainuu Groups in Northern Finland. Geol. Surv. Finland, Spec. Pap. 5, 75-90. Strand, K., 1993. Sedimentation in a Palaeoproterozoic (Karelian) rift to cratonic margin transition, Finland. Acta Universitatis Ouluensis series A.35 pp. Sturt ,B.A. Melezhik, V.A. & Ramsay, D.M., 1994. Early Proterozoic regolith at Pasvik NE Norway: palaeoenvironmental implications for the Baltic Shield.Terra Nova 6:618-633. Vuollo, J., 1994. Palaeoproterozoic basic igneous events in Eastern Fennoscandian Shield between 2.45 Ga and 1.97 Ga, studied by means of mafic dyke swarms and ophiolites in Finland. Acta Universitatis Ouluensis series A. 250, 47 pp. Ward, P., 1988. Early Proterozoic Kalevian lithofacies and their interpretation in the Hammaslahti - Rääkkylä area, eastern Finland. Geol. Surv. Finland, Spec. paper 5: 29-48. 14:00 - 15.30 PRACTICALS: Description and interpretation of primary structures of metasedimentary rocks on photographs and slides 14:00 - 15.30 LECTURE 6. Some observation on the sedimentology of the South Pyrenean foreland basin, NE Spain (based on the field trips A1 and B2 of 15th International Sedimentolagical Congress, Alicante, April 1998) Contact addresses Prof. Gian Gabriele Ori Dipartimento di Scienze Universita' d'Annunzio Viale Pindaro 42 65127 Pescara Italy Voice +39-85-4537507 Fax. +39-85-4537545 e-mail: ggori@sci.unich.it Prof. Kauko Laajoki, University of Oulu. Department of Geology. Linnanmaa, 90570 Oulu, FINLAND. Tel. +358-8-553 1433, mobile + 358-0400-467 396, fax +358-8-553 1484 e-mail: kauko.laajoki@oulu.fi