Books, Articles and Maps on Finnish Geology

Photo: J.Väätäinen, GTK

FINGEO is a comprehensive bibliographic database on Finnish geological literature (books, articles and maps) dating from 1971 to present. It covers geoscience literature dealing with Finland, published in Finland, or written by Finnish geologists. References to literature before the year 1971 reside in OLD BIBLIOGRAPHIES database.

Online lists from FINGEO database:

• Latest publications by the staff of GTK
• Publications on economic geology in Finland
• Publications on metal ore mines in Finland

A small book collection on Finnish geology:

Lehtinen, Matti (ed.); Nurmi, Pekka (ed.); Rämö, Tapani (ed.) 2005. Precambrian geology of Finland : key to the evolution of the Fennoscandian shield. Developments in Precambrian Geology; 14. Amsterdam: Elsevier. xiv, 736 p. ISBN 0-444-51421-X.

Lahti, Seppo I. (ed.); Raivio, Paula (ed.); Laitakari, Ilkka (ed.) 2005. Orbicular rocks in Finland. Espoo: Geological Survey of Finland. 177 p. ISBN 951-690-911-6.

Seppälä, Matti (ed.) 2005. The physical geography of Fennoscandia. Oxford regional environments; 5. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xxxi, 432 p. ISBN 0-19-924590-8.

Salminen, R.; Chekushin, V.; Tenhola, M.; Bogatyrev, I.; Glavatskikh, S. P.; Fedotova, E.; Gregorauskiene, V.; Kashulina, G.; Niskavaara, H.; Polischuok, A.; Rissanen, K.; Selenok, L.; Tomilina, O.; Zhdanova, L 2004. Geochemical Atlas of the Eastern Barents Region. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 548 p. ISBN 0-444-51815-0.

Selonen, Olavi (ed.); Suominen, Veli (ed.) 2003. Nordic stone. Geological Science series. Paris: UNESCO : International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG). 64 p. ISBN 92-3-103899-0.

Generalized maps on Finnish geology:

• Bedrock of Finland. Map 1:5 million: Screen * Print (Pdf) * Description
• Bedrock Map of Finland 1:1 000 000 (JPG, 8 Mb)
  
• Map of Quaternary deposits 1:1 000 000 (JPG, 8,5 Mb)
  

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