Elsevier Precambrian Geology of Finland (Volume 14) (Developments in Precambrian Geology, Volume 14)

Focusing on the Precambrian in the central part of the Fennoscandian Shield, the book combines the results from modern geological and geophysical research into a detailed petrologic, lithologic, and structural synthesis and interpretation of the Archean and Proterozoic of Finland. It will be of value to anyone interested in the evolution of the shield in particular and in Precambrian geology in general. From the Back Cover The Fennoscandian Shield covers more than a million square kilometers of northern Europe in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. THe bedrock of Finland records over three billion years of Earth history and has been the bubject of intensive geological mapping and research since the 19th century. The region has also been the birthplace of important concepts and developments in metamorphic and ingeous petrology. Modern geological and geophysical research, building on a foundation of decades of mapping, has led to a completely revised understanding of the geology of Finland. This book provides detailed petrological, lithological, and structural syntheses and interpretations of the Archean and Proerozic of Finland and will be of value to anyone interested in the evolution of the Fennoscadian Shield in particular and in Precambrian geology in general.