Formation mechanism of the Vaasa Batholith in the Fennoscandian shield: Petrographic and geochemical constraints

The ~1.88 Ga Vaasa Batholith in western Finland is a large granitoid area (8 000 km2) with gradational contacts against the garnet- and cordierite-bearing diatexite and metatexite migmatites of the Pohjanmaa Belt. It is located in the middle part of the Fennoscandian Shield and was formed during the...

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Main Authors: H. Mäkitie, P. Sipilä, H. Kujala, A. Lindberg, A. Kotilainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 2012-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
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Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume84/Makitie2012.pdf