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Ph.D. Pertti Sarala is a geologist and geochemist who is working as a Professor in Applied Geochemistry in the Oulu Mining School of the University of Oulu. Fields of interest include applied geochemistry, till and weathered bedrock geochemistry and mineral exploration as well as Quaternary and glacial geology, geomorphology and chronology. He is experienced in glacial processes, mineral exploration (project leading, field studies, concepts, training), development of surface geochemical exploration methods (in EU funded projects) and teaching and supervision of the thesis projects. He has twenty years’ experience of mineral exploration and methodological development in the Geological Survey of Finland. He is a member of the Association of the Applied Geochemistry (AAG), the INQUA Peribaltic working group, NORDQUA, European Geosciences Union (EGU), steering committee of the PalaeoArc working group, and unofficial Finnish geochemical working group Geokemian Rengas. Furthermore, he is member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals.

Activities

Works (50)

Timing of glacial - non-glacial stages in Finland: An exploratory analysis of the OSL data

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
2022-12-31 | Journal article
Contributors: P. Sarala; J. P. Lunkka; V. Sarajärvi; O. Sarala; P. Filzmoser
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The marine δ18O record overestimates continental ice volume during Marine Isotope Stage 3

Global and Planetary Change
2022-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0921-8181
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Muography as a Novel Field Observation Tool of Geomorphic Research

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2022-03-28 | Other
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Seeing through old mining wastes with secondary cosmic rays

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2022-03-28 | Other
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Classification system of Superficial (Quaternary) Geological Units in Finland

Developments in map data management and geological unit nomenclature in Finland
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Amending mine tailing cover with compost and biochar: effects on vegetation establishment and metal bioaccumulation in the Finnish subarctic

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2021-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0944-1344
Part of ISSN: 1614-7499
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Mineral exploration in the glaciated terrain using upper soil horizon geochemistry and compositional statistical data analysis

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: Pertti Sarala; Solveig Pospiech; Maarit Middleton; Anne Taivalkoski; Helena Hulkki; Janne Kinnunen
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Snow as environmentally low-impact sampling media for mineral exploration - a case study from Northern Finland

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: Solveig Pospiech; Anne Taivalkoski; Yann Lahaye; Pertti Sarala; Janne Kinnunen; Maarit Middleton
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Studying bedrock fracture and weathering patterns with cosmic-ray induced muon particles

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: Marko Holma; Pertti Sarala; Adrian M. Hall; Pasi Kuusiniemi; Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka; Deszo Varga
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Reworked Middle Pleistocene deposits preserved in the core region of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet

Quaternary Science Advances
2020-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2666-0334
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Pertti Sarala

The First International Conference on ‘Processes and Palaeo-Environmental Changes in the Arctic: From Past to Present’ (PalaeoArc)

Geologos
2019-08-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2080-6574
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Snow in mineral exploration – Examples and practices in glaciated terrain

Journal of Geochemical Exploration
2019-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Anne Taivalkoski; Pertti Sarala; Yann Lahaye; Sari Lukkari; Dale Sutherland
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The inselberg landscape in Finnish Lapland: a morphological study based on the LiDAR data interpretation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
2018-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0367-5211
Part of ISSN: 1799-4632
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Pertti Sarala

Editorial: LiDAR - Rapid developments in remote sensing of geological features

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85038383883

Contributors: Ojala, A.E.K.; Sarala, P.
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Evolution of the eastern part of the kuusamo ice lobe, based on geomorphological interpretation of high-resolution LiDAR data

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85038400810

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Räisänen, J.
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High-resolution LiDAR mapping of glacial landforms and ice stream lobes in Finland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85034770359

Contributors: Putkinen, N.; Eyles, N.; Putkinen, S.; Ojala, A.E.K.; Palmu, J.-P.; Sarala, P.; Väänänen, T.; Räisänen, J.; Saarelainen, J.; Ahtonen, N. et al.
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Spatial analysis and modelling of glaciogenic geochemical dispersion – Implication for mineral exploration in Finland

Journal of African Earth Sciences
2017-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Pertti Sarala; Vesa Nykänen
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Comparison of different portable XRF methods for determining till geochemistry

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84995769303

Contributors: Sarala, P.
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First physical evidence for forested environment in the Arctic during MIS 3

Scientific Reports
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84976896511

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Väliranta, M.; Eskola, T.; Vaikutiené, G.
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Indicators for Impact Management of Subarctic Mountain Resorts: Monitoring Built-up Areas at High Altitudes in Northern Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84948387921

Contributors: Uusitalo, M.T.; Sarala, P.
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Aerial LiDAR analysis in geomorphological mapping and geochronological determination of surficial deposits in the Sodankylä region, northern Finland

GFF
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84961287087

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Räisänen, J.; Johansson, P.; Eskola, K.O.
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Comparison of different techniques for basal till sampling in mineral exploration

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Pertti Sarala

Gold exploration using heavy minerals in till and weathered bedrock in petäjäselkä, northern finland

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84938497085

Contributors: Taivalkoski, A.; Sarala, P.; Hulkki, H.
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Late Cenozoic deep weathering patterns on the Fennoscandian shield in northern Finland: A window on ice sheet bed conditions at the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation

Geomorphology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84936939290

Contributors: Hall, A.M.; Sarala, P.; Ebert, K.
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Novel technologies for indicator mineral-based exploration

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Pertti Sarala

Portable XRF – Advanced on-site analysis method in till geochemical exploration

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Pertti Sarala

Proxy comparison in ancient peat sediments: Pollen, macrofossil and plant DNA

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84916232531

Contributors: Parducci, L.; Väliranta, M.; Sakari Salonen, J.; Ronkainen, T.; Matetovici, I.; Fontana, S.L.; Eskola, T.; Sarala, P.; Suyama, Y.
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Surficial Geochemical Exploration Methods

Mineral Deposits of Finland
2015 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84939839296

Contributors: Sarala, P.
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The Rautuvaara section, western Finnish Lapland, revisited - new age constraints indicate a complex Scandinavian Ice Sheet history in northern Fennoscandia during the Weichselian Stage

Boreas
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84920280682

Contributors: Lunkka, J.P.; Sarala, P.; Gibbard, P.L.
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Portable XRF for mineral exploration geochemistry in till

Applied Earth Science
2015-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0371-7453
Part of ISSN: 1743-2758
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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The natural purity of the soil in Lapland and the factors affecting it

Acta Lapponica Fenniae
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Pertti Sarala

New methods for geochemical exploration and ore potential mapping using till in glaciated terrain, Finland

Tutkimusraportti - Geologian Tutkimuskeskus
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84877745407

Contributors: Sarala, P.
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Rare earth element and gold exploration in glaciated terrain: Example from the Mäkärä area, northern Finland

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84879473725

Contributors: Sarapää, O.; Sarala, P.
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Rare earth exploration potential in Finland

Journal of Geochemical Exploration
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84884702486

Contributors: Sarapää, O.; Al Ani, T.; Lahti, S.I.; Lauri, L.S.; Sarala, P.; Torppa, A.; Kontinen, A.
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Implications of complex glacial deposits for till geochemical exploration: Examples from the central fennoscandian ice sheet

Ice Sheets: Dynamics, Formation and Environmental Concerns
2012 | Book
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2-s2.0-84895320362

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Ojala, V.J.
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Preface

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84865128754

Contributors: Sarala, P.
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The glaciation of Finland

Developments in Quaternary Science
2011 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-79959847263

Contributors: Johansson, P.; Lunkka, J.P.; Sarala, P.
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Middle Weichselian interstadial deposit at Petäjäselkä, Northern Finland

E&G Quaternary Science Journal
2011-11-17 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2199-9090
Contributors: Pertti Sarala
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Composition and origin of the middle Weichselian interstadial deposit in Veskoniemi, Northern Finland,Kesk-Weichseli interstadiaalsed setted Veskoniemi läbilõikes Põhja-Soomes

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
2010 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-77952934995

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Pihlaja, J.; Putkinen, N.; Murray, A.
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End moraine stratigraphy and formation in the southwestern Pyhä-Luosto fell area, northern Finland

Quaternary International
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-70349156452

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Johansson, P.; Valkama, J.
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Gold exploration using till at Petäjälehto, northern Finland

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-70349198949

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Pulkkinen, E.; Ojala, V.J.; Peltoniemi-Taivalkoski, A.
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Distinguishing glaciogenic deposits in southern Finnish Lapland: Implications for exploration

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-35549001794

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Rossi, S.; Peuraniemi, V.; Ojala, V.J.
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Exploration using till geochemistry and heavy minerals in the ribbed moraine area of southern Finnish Lapland

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-34547823514

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Peuraniemi, V.
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Glacial morphology and ice lobation in southern Finnish Lapland

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland
2007 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-38549159581

Contributors: Sarala, P.
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Preface

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland
2007 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-38549153887

Contributors: Johansson, P.; Sarala, P.
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Geological factors in monitoring and planning nature trails at tourist centres in northern Finland

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-36248954457

Contributors: Lehtinen, K.; Sarala, P.
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Ribbed moraine stratigraphy and formation in southern Finnish Lapland

Journal of Quaternary Science
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33646800822

Contributors: Sarala, P.
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Summary: Glacial geological and stratigraphical studies with applied geochemical exploration in the area of Rovaniemi and Tervola, southern Finnish Lapland

Tutkimusraportti - Geologian Tutkimuskeskus
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33746659071

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Rossi, S.
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Landform development during the Weichselian glaciation in Peräpohjola, Finland

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland
2005 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-33244459119

Contributors: Sarala, P.
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Ore prospecting in the ribbed moraine area of Misi, northern Finland

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland
2005 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-32944482566

Contributors: Sarala, P.; Nenonen, J.
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