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Overview

Sten-åke Elming is affiliated with Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with considerable contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as well. Within these broad fields, their work delves notably into Geophysics, Molecular Biology, and Paleontology, alongside involvement in Atmospheric Science and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's research topics include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Precambrian Research
  • Tectonophysics

Significant recent papers authored by or associated with them include:

  • The magnificent seven: A proposal for modest revision of the quality index (2020), published in Tectonophysics
  • Paleomagnetic studies of rapakivi complexes in the Fennoscandian shield - Implications to the origin of Proterozoic massif-type anorthosite magmatism (2021), published in Precambrian Research
  • Timing the break-up of the Baltica and Laurentia connection in Nuna - Rapid plate motion oscillation and plate tectonics in the Mesoproterozoic (2022), published in Precambrian Research

Co-author collaborations have frequently involved:

  • Johanna Salminen
  • L. J. Pesonen
  • David A.D. Evans
  • S. Mertanen
  • Toni Veikkolainen

Best Publications

  • Mesoproterozoic paleogeography Supercontinent and beyond

    Sergei A. Pisarevsky;Sten-Åke Elming;Lauri J. Pesonen;Zheng-Xiang Li

  • Palaeomagnetic configuration of continents during the Proterozoic

    L.J. Pesonen;S.-Å. Elming;S. Mertanen;S. Pisarevsky

  • Comparing the drift of Laurentia and Baltica in the Proterozoic: the importance of key palaeomagnetic poles

    K. L. Buchan;S. Mertanen;R. G. Park;L. J. Pesonen

  • Integrated seismic studies of the Baltic shield using data in the Gulf of Bothnia region

    Sten-åke Elming

  • The magnificent seven: A proposal for modest revision of the Van der Voo (1990) quality index

    Joseph G. Meert;Anthony F. Pivarunas;David A.D. Evans;Sergei A. Pisarevsky;Sergei A. Pisarevsky

  • Rodinia the evidence from integrated palaeomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology

    Kenneth L. Buchan;Richard E. Ernst;Michael A. Hamilton;Satu Mertanen

  • Crustal evolution of Fennoscandia—palaeomagnetic constraints

    L. J. Pesonen;T. H. Torsvik;Sten-åke Elming;G. Bylund

  • The Central Scandinavian Dolerite Group—Protracted hotspot activity or back-arc magmatism?: Constraints from U–Pb baddeleyite geochronology and Hf isotopic data

    Ulf Söderlund;Ulf Söderlund;Sten-Åke Elming;Richard E. Ernst;Don Schissel

  • Baltica in the Cryogenian, 850–630 Ma

    Victoria Pease;J.S. Daly;S-Å. Elming;Risto Kumpulainen

  • Delineation and character of the Archaean-Proterozoic boundary in northern Sweden

    Björn Öhlander;T. Skiöld;Sten-åke Elming;S. Claesson

  • Columbia revisited: Paleomagnetic results from the 1790 Ma colider volcanics (SW Amazonian Craton, Brazil)

    Franklin Bispo-Santos;Manoel S. D’Agrella-Filho;Igor I.G. Pacca;Liliane Janikian

  • Direct dating of paleomagnetic results from Precambrian sediments in the Amazon craton: Evidence for Grenvillian emplacement of exotic crust in SE Appalachians of North America

    Manoel S. D'Agrella-Filho;Eric Tohver;João O.S. Santos;Sten-Åke Elming

  • Post Jotnian basic Intrusions in the Fennoscandian Shield, and the break up of Baltica from Laurentia: a palaeomagnetic and AMS study

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  • Palaeomagnetism and 40Ar/39Ar age determinations of the Ediacaran traps from the southwestern margin of the East European Craton, Ukraine: relevance to the Rodinia break-up

    S.Å. Elming;S.N. Kravchenko;P. Layer;O.M. Rusakov

  • The drift of the Fennoscandian and Ukrainian Shields during the Precambrian: a Palaeomagnetic analysis

    Sten-åke Elming;L. J. Pesonen;M. A. H. Leino;A. N. Khramov

  • Palaeomagnetism of Proterozoic rocks from the Ukrainian Shield: new tectonic reconstructions of the Ukrainian and Fennoscandian shields

    Sten-åke Elming;N. P. Mikhailova;S. Kravchenko

  • Catalogue of palaeomagnetic directions and poles from Fennoscandia: Archaean to tertiary

    L. J. Pesonen;G. Bylund;T. H. Torsvik;Sten-åke Elming

  • Uplift deduced from remanent magnetization of a proterozoic basic dyke and the baked country rock in the Hoting area, Central Sweden: a palaeomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar study

    S. Å. Elming;M. O. Moakhar;P. Layer;F. Donadini

  • The 1420 Ma Indiavaí Mafic Intrusion (SW Amazonian Craton): Paleomagnetic results and implications for the Columbia supercontinent

    Manoel S. D'Agrella-Filho;Ricardo I.F. Trindade;Sten-Åke Elming;Wilson Teixeira

  • Proterozoic Basic dykes in the Ukrainian Shield: A palaeomagnetic, geochronologic and geochemical study—The accretion of the Ukrainian Shield to Fennoscandia

    Sten-Åke Elming;Leonid Shumlyanskyy;Svetlana Kravchenko;Paul Layer

  • Tectonic implications of the 1419 Ma Nova Guarita mafic intrusives paleomagnetic pole (Amazonian Craton) on the longevity of Nuna

    Franklin Bispo-Santos;Manoel S. D’Agrella-Filho;Ricardo I.F. Trindade;Sten-Åke Elming

  • A palaeomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar study of late precambrian sills in the SW part of the Amazonian craton: Amazonia in the Rodinia reconstruction

    S. A. Elming;M. S. D'Agrella-Filho;Laurence Page;E. Tohver;E. Tohver

  • Crustal reflectivity near the Archaean-Proterozoic boundary in northern Sweden and implications for the tectonic evolution of the area

    C. Juhlin;Sten-åke Elming;C. Mellqvist;Björn Öhlander

  • Magma flow directions inferred from field evidence and magnetic fabric studies of the Streitishvarf composite dike in east Iceland

    Per I. Eriksson;Per I. Eriksson;Morten S. Riishuus;Freysteinn Sigmundsson;Sten-Åke Elming

Frequent Co-Authors

Lauri J. Pesonen
Lauri J. Pesonen University of Helsinki
Ricardo I.F. Trindade
Ricardo I.F. Trindade Universidade de São Paulo
Manoel S. D’Agrella-Filho
Manoel S. D’Agrella-Filho Universidade de São Paulo
Eric Tohver
Eric Tohver Universidade de São Paulo
Wilson Teixeira
Wilson Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Ulf Söderlund
Ulf Söderlund Lund University
Sergei Pisarevsky
Sergei Pisarevsky Curtin University
David Evans
David Evans Yale University
Paul W. Layer
Paul W. Layer University of Alaska Fairbanks
Kenneth L. Buchan
Kenneth L. Buchan Geological Survey of Canada

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