Eos · 2001 · 70 citations · 8 references
EngineeringEuropean Science FoundationContinental TectonicsTectonic EvolutionEarth ScienceGeophysicsPlate TectonicsGeochronologyGeodesyMarine GeologyBetter UnderstandingSeismic ImagingGeologyFennoscandian ShieldLithosphereTectonicsStructural GeologySeismologySeismic Reflection ProfilingHistory Of GeologySeismic Probing
The Svecofennian‐Karelian‐Lapland‐Kola Transect (SVEKALAPKO) project is one of the five multidisciplinary key projects of Europrobe, a scientific program of the European Science Foundation (ESF) that studies the tectonic evolution of European continental lithosphere [ Gee and Zeyen , 1996]. The SVEKALAPKO project [ Hjelt and Daly , 1996] has adopted a multidisciplinary approach that uses geological, penological, and geophysical methods to unravel the evolution of the crust and lower lithosphere in three major crustal segments of the Fennoscandian Shield: the Proterozoic Svecofennian and Lapland‐Kola orogens and the intervening Archaean Karelia craton. Improved knowledge of the structure and evolution of the Fennoscandian Shield should lead to a better understanding of plate‐tectonic processes in the early history of the Earth.
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