Mineralogical evidence for an ophiolite from the Outokumpu serpentinites in North Karelia, Finland

The serpentinites of the Outokumpu complex located in the early Proterozoic schist belt of North Karelia in Eastern Finland are investigated petrographically, mineralogically and chemically, with an emphasis on relict minerals, especially chrome spinel, and also olivine and orthopyroxene. The relict...

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Main Authors: J. Vuollo, T. Piirainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1989-06-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
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Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume61/sgs_bt_061_1_pages_095_112.pdf