Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Research: mineralogy, igneous petrology, petrology of Proterozoic granitic rocks and massif-type anorthosites, Precambrian bedrock geology, isotope geochemistry (U-Pb dating and isotopic tracer applications: Sm-Nd, O, Pb-Pb, Rb-Sr)
Teaching: mineralogy, petrology, petrography, bedrock mapping
Education information
PhD, 2012
Petrology and Bedrock geology
University of Helsinki
Petrology and Bedrock geology
University of Helsinki
Fields of Science
- 1171 Geosciences
- geology
- petrology
- bedrock geology
- isotope geology
- geochemistry
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
Isotopic evidence for the origin of Proterozoic massif-type anorthosites and their relation to rapakivi granites in southern Finland and northern Brazil
Heinonen, A., 2012, Helsinki: Department of geosciences and geography. 44 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Collection of Articles
Open Access
Re-evaluation of Rapakivi Petrogenesis: Source Constraints from the Hf Isotope Composition of Zircon in the Rapakivi Granites and Associated Mafic Rocks of Southern Finland
Heinonen, A. P., Andersen, T. & Rämö, O. T., 6 Jul 2010, In : Journal of Petrology. 51, 8, p. 1687-1709 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Equilibrium crystallization of massif-type anorthosite residual melts
Fred, R. M., Heinonen, A. & Heinonen, J. S., May 2020.Research output: Conference materials › Abstract
Open Access
From Binary Mixing to Magma Chamber Simulator – Geochemical Modeling of Assimilation in Magmatic Systems
Heinonen, J. S., Iles, K. A., Heinonen, A., Fred, R., Virtanen, V. J., Bohrson, W. A. & Spera, F. J., 21 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) Crustal Magmatic System Evolution. American Geophysical UnionResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
Petrological and mineral potential investigation of the Suvasvesi granitoid intrusion and associated pegmatites
01/03/2019 → …
Project: Research project
PALIN: Partial melting processes at the contact zones of layered intrusions
Heinonen, J., Heinonen, A., Fred, R. M. & Virtanen, V. J.
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2021
Project: Research project
KOKKY
Tiira, T., Komminaho, K., Korja, A., Heinonen, A., Veikkolainen, T., Väkevä, S., Skrzynic, T. & Janik, T.
01/05/2012 → …
Project: Research project
Modeling of Ni-(Cu-PGE)-bearing mineral systems; the origin, exploration potential, and metallogeny of ultramafic volcanic suites of eastern Lapland
Rämö, T., Heinonen, A., Heinonen, J., Halkoaho, T., Konnunaho, J. & Ojala, J.
15/05/2017 → 14/05/2019
Project: Research project
Prizes
Matemaattis luonnontieteellisen tiedekunnan pro gradu -palkinto
Aku Heinonen (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prizes and awards
Paras geologian alan väitöskirja Suomessa 2011-2012
Aku Heinonen (Recipient), Mar 2012
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
Geologi (Journal)
Aku Heinonen (Editor in chief)1 Jan 2013 → 31 Dec 2014
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of communication journal
University of Leeds
Aku Heinonen (Visiting researcher)3 Jun 2013 → 14 Jun 2013
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
VII Hutton symposium on granites and related rocks
Aku Heinonen (Speaker: Presenter)4 Jul 2011 → 9 Jul 2011
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Lisensiaatintutkielman esitarkastus, Åbo Akademi, Fakulteten för naturvetenskaper och teknik
Aku Heinonen (Supervisor)1 Nov 2019
Activity: Examination types › Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Aku Heinonen (Reviewer)Jan 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press / Media
Tutkimus: Euroopan syvin maankuori sijaitsee Jyväskylän seudulla
Toni Veikkolainen, Timo Tiira, Sakari Väkevä, Kari Komminaho, Aku Heinonen, Annakaisa Korja, Tomasz Janik & Tymon Skrzynik
26/03/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Euroopan syvin maankuori Jyväskylän seudulla
Toni Veikkolainen, Timo Tiira, Sakari Väkevä, Kari Komminaho, Aku Heinonen, Annakaisa Korja, Tomasz Janik & Tymon Skrzynic
26/03/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media