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Mr Lars Kaislaniemi, MSc, BSc

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Marie Curie Research Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences

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Biography

2011-present: PhD student, University of Durham
(Marie Curie ITN consortium 'Topomod')
2009-2011: Research assistant, Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki, Finland
2006-2011: MSc (hydrology & geochemistry), BSc (geology), University of Helsinki, Finland

PhD topic

I am studying the reasons for continental collision magmatism by combining numerical mantle convection models with geochemical melting models. Our main study area is the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone, where we apply our models to investigate the role of the (subduction derived) fluids in the destabilization of the lithosphere-astenosphere boundary and consequent mantle melting.

Research Interests

Lithosphere dynamics and melt production in continental collision (PhD topic)
Thermal state of the lithosphere (MSc thesis, thermal modelling of the Svecofennian orogeny in the Archaean craton of Eastern Finland)

Publications

Journal papers: academic

Kaislaniemi, Lars (2011). Estimating the distribution of strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) in the Precambrian of Finland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland 83(2): 95-113.