Tectonic evolution, deep structure and metallogeny of the Kola Peninsula, arctic Russia

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This project concludes a 4-year long investigation into the nature of the Earth's crust in one of the most enigmatic blocks of the ancient massifs of the European continent. Intensive collaboration took place among and between research groups in Russia - the Kola Science Centre and the Kola Superdeep Foundation and in the EU - Edinburgh University, the Scottish Universities Research Reactor Centre (Isotope Geosciences Unit), Kingston University and University College Dublin, Ireland. Samples from rock outcrops in the Kola Peninsula and from the world's deepest scientific borehole at Zapolyarny (12.3 km deep), in the Murmansk Region of Russia, were selected for analysis. Additionally, there was a close co-operation with scientists from other Russian Academy of Science institutes, and in the west with the universities of Wyoming, USA, Glasgow, UK and the Geological Surveys of Finland and Norway New Partnerships were established and the research will continue in the future. International links have been made with important multidisciplinary projects in northern Russia, through the International Geological Correlation Programme and Europrobe, a European Science Foundation initiative. Fluid inclusions in crystals from Kola rocks indicate the presence of hydrocarbons. Further practical investigations are continuing. Research will also continue into the rocks from around the Superdeep well, which is located in an area with important copper-nickel deposits. Other targets identified for joint research include rocks known to contain platinum ores. All the participants have expressed satisfaction that the project has been so successful in its aims of providing training, initiating and continuing joint research, and opening up many possibilities for international co-operation, exchange of ideas and standardization of terminology.

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