Risto Kaukonen

 

Researcher
Geology and Mineralogy

tel. +358 (0)8 553 1473
e-mail: risto.kaukonen(at)oulu.fi

 

Main Research interests:

Platinum-group elements (PGE), Layered intrusions

I am currently doing research on the beneficiation of PGE

 

Recent publications:

Kaukonen, RJ, 2008
Sulfide-poor platinum-group element deposits: A mineralogical approach with case studies and examples from the literature, Ph.D. thesis, University of Oulu, Finland.
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Alapieti, TT, Devaraju, TC and Kaukonen, RJ, 2008
PGE mineralization in the late Archaean iron-rich mafic-ultramafic Hanumalapur Complex, Karnataka, India, Mineralogy and Petrology, 92: 99-128.

Devaraju, TC, Alapieti, TT, Sudhakara, TL and Kaukonen, RJ, 2008
Mafic Dyke Swarms of Volcanic Arc, Ocean Floor and N-MOR Basalt Affinity with Destructive Plate Margin Emplacement Features in the Northern Segment of Western Dharwar Craton, in: Rajesh K. Srivastava, Ch. Sivaji and N.V. Chalapahti Rao, eds: Indian Dykes: Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geochronology, Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, pp. 215-237.

Devaraju, TC, Alapieti, TT, Kaukonen, RJ and Sudhakara, TL, 2007
Petrological and PGE Mineralisation Study of the Channagiri Mafic-Ultramafic Complex, Shimoga Supracrustal Belt, Karnataka, Jour. Geol. Soc. India, 70: 535-556.

Devaraju, TC, Alapieti, TT and Kaukonen, RJ, 2004
Geochemistry of Ultramafic Lenses in the Granitoids of the Southeastern Flanks of Shimoga Supracrustal Belt (Karnataka) with a Note on the Distribution of Platinum Group Elements and Minerals, Jour. Geol. Soc. India, 63: 371-386.

Devaraju, TC, Alapieti, TT and Kaukonen, RJ, 2004
Ni-Au-PGE Mineralization in the Ultramafic Body at Shankaraghatta, Shimoga Schist Belt, Karnataka: A Mineralogical and Geochemical Study, Jour. Geol. Soc. India, 63: 611-624.

 

 

 

My links

 

BePGE

Geological Survey of Finland

Platinum Group Metal Prices (KITCO, prices of some other metals too)

NRRI Economic Geology Group