Vaasa granite

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Vaasa granite is a migmatitic Paleoproterozoic garnet-bearing granitoid with variable amounts of gneissose enclaves. [1] The name refers to occurrences at Vaasa, on the west coast of Finland.

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References

  1. Öhman, T.; Preeden, U. (2013). "Shock metamorphic features in quartz grains from the Saarijärvi and Söderfjärden impact structures, Finland". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 48 (6): 955–975. Bibcode:2013M&PS...48..955O. doi: 10.1111/maps.12112 .