Microfossil-like tourmaline microlites in early Proterozoic nodular chert at Kiihtelysvaara, eastern Finland

Many Proterozoic silicified sedimentary carbonates have been reported to contain remains of early micro-organisms. One of these localities in the Fennoscandian Shield is the village of Hyypiä at Kiihtelysvaara in eastern Finland, where a nodular chert contains microfossil-like objects, named Hyypian...

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Main Authors: J. Karhu, H. O'Brien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1992-06-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
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Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume64/sgs_bt_064_1_pages_113_118.pdf