LITHOSPHERE 2026 Symposium

Presentation time 20+5 minutes unless otherwise stated. Deliver your presentation before session to the organizer in powerpoint or pdf format.

Programme

Monday, Nov 16 

12:00–13:00 Registration and hanging up posters, Saalastinsali, Linnanmaa 

13:00–13:10 Opening: Suvi Heinonen, Chairperson of the Finnish national ILP committee 

13:10–14:00 Keynote Stefan Luth, Kris Piessens, Johan Jönberger, Pauline Jeanneret, Edward P. Lynch, Paul Heckmann, Hans-Georg Krenmayr, Alireza Malehmir and Arianna Koufopoulou 

Lithotectonic framework of Fennoscandia: A key for mineral exploration? 

14:00–15:00 Poster viewing and coffee 

Session 1:  

Chair: Suvi Heinonen  

15:00–15:25 Perttu Mikkola, Asko Kontinen, Hannu Huhma 

Late-Svecofennian (1.85−1.79 Ga) granitoids from Vaala area, central Finland, geochemistry, U-Pb zircon ages and implications for activity along major shear zones 

15:25–15:50 Michal Malinowski, Marta Cyz, Tuija Luhta, Krisztian Szentpeteri, Ville Järvinen, Hanna Leväniemi, Tero Niiranen 

KUBISM: new regional reflection seismic profiles in Kuusamo and Koillismaa region  

15:50–16:15 Nikita Afonin, Emily E. Rodriguez, Christian Sippl 

Application of regional and global phase seismic interferometry in deposit scale lithospheric studies: a use case in the Kuusamo Belt area in Northern Finland 

16:15–16:40 Derek L. Schutt, Lars Ottemöller, Stéphane Rondenay 

Why are the Scandes high and southern Finland low? First results from joint P-wave and surface-wave imaging of Fennoscandian lithosphere

17:30–Ice breaker, Mallassauna, Pikisaarentie 15, 90100 Oulu

Buffet meal (chicken + vegan options)

Tuesday Nov 17 

Session 2 

Chair: Kaisa Nikkilä

09:00–09:25 Cat Gill, Esa Heilimo, Tony Kemp, Jaana Halla, Nicolas Thebaud 

Characterising the nucleation of Archean continental crust via intra-crustal reworking of mafic oceanic plateaus in a stagnant lid setting through integrated datasets. 

09:25–09:50 Sanni Laaksonen, Pankaj K Mishra, Jochen Kamm, David Whipp 

Mixing physics and deep learning for 3D magnetic inversion 

09:50–10:15 Emma Moen, Alan Bischoff, Gregor Hillers, Michal Malinowski 

Finding Flow in Solid Rock: Insights from Seismic Modelling of Permeable Fault Structures in Crystalline Bedrock 

10:15–10:40 Jani Jäsberg, Pankaj K Mishra, Jochen Kamm, Raimo Lahtinen, Cedric Patzer, Uula Autio, Katri Vaittinen, Graham Hill, and Maxim Smirnov  

Crustal conductors caused by tectonic and hydrothermal processes at the Archean-Proterozoic boundary revealed by a crustal scale 3D MT model 

10:40–11:10 Coffee/Tea, poster viewing 

Session 3 

Chair: Perttu Mikkola

11:10–11:35 Daria Gracheva, Elena Kozlovskaya, Stepan Poluianov, Timo Enqvist 

Imaging density heterogeneities in volcanic structures using numerical muography simulations 

11:35–12:00 Ann-Kathrin Maier, Benjamin Gérard, David Whipp 

Spatial and temporal variations in exhumation of the Fennoscandian Shield over the past >1 Ga 

12:00–12:25 Nikolas Ovaskainen 

Algorithmic Search for Alteration Clays in Hyperspectral Drillcore Data 

12:25–13:25 Lunch, poster viewing 

Session 4 

Chair: Hanna Silvennoinen

13:25–13:50  Seppo Leinonen 

Talc-carbonate Alteration of Meta-peridotites in East Finland - Petrographic Studies 

13:50–14:15 Suvi Heinonen, Björn Lund, Ben Dando, Yesim Cubuk-Sabuncu, Peter Voss, Vala Hjörleifsdóttir and Niina Junno 

Nordic DAS – Distributed Acoustic Sensing Research infrastructure hub 

14:15–15:05 Elena Kozlovskaya, Invited 

Solid Earth’s geophysics at the University of Oulu: history and the future 

15:05–15:15 National Lithosphere committee 

Honoring Elena Kozlovskaya for her work in lithospheric research 

15:15–15:45 Coffee/Tea, poster viewing  

Session 5 

Chair: Nikolas Ovaskainen

15:45–16:10 Hanna Silvennoinen 

70 Years of Seismic Observations at Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory 

16:10–16:35 Tommi A.T. Vuorinen, Kati Oinonen, Jennifer Hällsten, Jari Kortström, Niina Junno, Pirita Seipäjärvi, Tahvo Oksanen, Jonathan Vänskä, Toni Veikkolainen, and Suvi Heinonen 

Seismology in an Urban Environment: HelsinkiNET – Seismic Monitoring of the Capital Region 

16:35–17:00 Kaisa Nikkilä, Pietari Skyttä, Nicklas Nordbäck, Jon Engström 

Initiation and growth of strike-slip faults and associated damage zone in isotropic crystalline rocks

18:30 Conference Dinner (Self paid)

Radisson Blu Hotel, Oulu, Restaurant Ule. Hallituskatu 1

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See the Menu in advance

https://www.raflaamo.fi/fi/ravintola/oulu/restaurant-ule/menu/12294/a-la-carte

Wednesday, Nov 18 

Session 6 

Chair: 

09:00–09:25 Kari Moisio, Jouni Sarala, Elena Kozlovskaya, Michael Schneider, Jens Kobow 

3-D structure of the Ransko Massif (Chech Republic) from analysis and inversion of airborne FTMG data 

09:25–09:50 Leevi Tuikka, David Whipp, Cedric Thieulot 

Flat-slab subduction as the principal plate tectonic mode of the Paleoproterozoic: insights from petrological–geodynamic models 

09:50–10:15 Shenghong Yang, Fangfang Guo, Wolfgang Maier, Eero Hanski, Angel Tisora, Marko Moilanen, Elena Kozlovskaya, Malcolm Aranha, Ville Virtanen, Chao Li 

Lithospheric control on the magmatism and orthomagmatic deposits in Fennoscandia  

Short communications 

10:15–10:25 Annakaisa Korja, Niina Junno, and EPOS-Finland consortium  

EPOS-Finland – the Finnish national consortium of the European Plate Observing System 

10:25–10:35 Jaana Halla, Esa Heilimo, Matti I. Kurhila, Cat Gill, Pengsheng Dong 

Birth of Continents (BICO): from basaltic crust to continental nuclei 

10:35–10:45 Jaakko Kara, Esa Heilimo, Susanna Metso 

Fluids to Ores (FLORES) – Cogenesis of the LCT pegmatites and orogenic gold deposits 

10:45–11:15 Coffee/Tea, poster viewing  

Session 7 

11:15–11:45 Panel discussion / Syvä Suomi 

11:45–12:00  Closing of symposium, forthcoming meetings, other short announcements  

and poster award 

12:00– Lunch 

POSTERS 

Poster size preferably A0 and portrait (84 × 119 cm). Maximum vertical size about 140 cm. Poster can be set up during Mon 16 between 12-13 (or slightly earlier) and removed latest on Wed at 12.00 or after the symposium is finished

M. Muurinen, K. Nikkilä, S. Sjösten, H. Hansson, N. Nordbäck, H. Reijonen: Lithological and structural controls of past hydrothermal activity within Åland Island 

Aleksanteri Harjulehto, Jochen Kamm, Johanna Salminen: Regional magnetotelluric soundings in the southeastern Finland for crustal resistivity modelling 

Niina Junno, Tommi Vuorinen, Annakaisa Korja, and EPOS-Finland consortium: EPOS-FI metadata portal - enhancing findability of the EPOS-FI data, data products and services 

Marco Rodriguez-Ruiz, E. Heilimo, J. Halla, M. Hellers, J. J. Pakulla, K. Morr, F. Wombacher, C. Münker: New geochemical and isotopic insights of the TTG-related metabasalts from the Lake Inari and Rommaeno complexes  

Pihla Pallas, Iina Karomäki, Niina Junno, Matt Gardine, Amir Sadeghi-Bagherabadi, Jonathan Vänskä, Tahvo Oksanen, Päivi Mäntyniemi, David Whipp, Roméo Courbis, Kati Oinonen, Jari Kortström, Toni Veikkolainen, Tommi Vuorinen, Suvi Heinonen, Annakaisa Korja: Digitization of Analog Seismograms at the Institute of Seismology: What have we learned so far? 

Jonathan Vänskä, Suvi Heinonen, Tahvo Oksanen, Matt Gardine,  Pihla Pallas , Kati Oinonen, Tommi Vuorinen, Jennifer Hällsten,  Romeo Courbis, Kari Komminaho: Earthquake detections in the Vyborg Rapakivi Granite Batholith using the Kymenlaakso Seismic Experiment (KySe 2026)  

Jochen Kamm, Tuija Luhta, Tero Niiranen, Juha Kaija: Studying the Kuusamo Belt in the UNDERCOVER project 

Tuija Luhta, Toni Luoto, Satu Vuoriainen: Petrophysical properties of the Wyborg rapakivi batholith 

Cedric Patzer, Adit Setyawan, Marta Cyz, Aleksanteri Harjulehto, Jochen Kamm, Tuija Luhta: Magnetotelluric (MT) and Joint Geophysical Imaging of the Western Wiborg Rapakivi Batholith, Southern Finland 

Tómas Úlfarsson, Jonathan Vänskä, Suvi Heinonen, Jari Kortström: Detecting seismic events using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) in a subsea telecommunication cable in the Gulf of Finland 

Annakaisa Korja, Päivi Mäntyniemi, Marja Uski, Kati Oinonen, Niina Junno, Ludovic Fülöp, Emilia Kosonen,  and SEISMIC RISK: Seismicity and seismic hazard in Finland  

Kade Keranen, Nikita Afonin,  Kari Moisio, Elena Koslovskaya:  How Well Do Earthquake-Trained Phase Pickers Detect Frost Quakes?