Joonas Virtasalo
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Joonas Virtasalo
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Senior Scientist at the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK). Interested in science and the sea, the beauty of sediments and sedimentary processes
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#SecuCoast carried out a successful groundwater and seawater sampling campaign in Lappohja beach in Hanko, Finland.

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Second sampling campaign in Hanko
​The SecuCoast project carried out a field campaign on the Lappohja beach in Hanko in order to gain new insight into the mixing of groundwater and seawater, nutrient fluxes and the effects of...
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September 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
🧪New article describes a method for adjusting seabed shear strength values ​​measured with FFCPT to better match conventional laboratory tests.

⚒️The approach better accounts for strain-rate and sensitivity effects in soft seabed mud.

🌊MATLAB code available.

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Determining seabed shear strength from free-fall cone penetrometer test data: Coupled experimental, numerical, and analytical insights
Interpretation of free-fall cone penetrometer test (FFCPT) data in soft cohesive seabeds remains challenging due to the coupled effects of inertia, st…
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August 5, 2026 at 9:55 AM
🌊Our sailing season continued with another expedition to the Gulf of Bothnia.

⚒️Vibrohammer coring of glacial outwash deposits.

🧪Successful retrieval of the @finmari-ri.bsky.social benthic lander after 6 weeks seafloor deployment.

RCF #PHYTOTRANS, Tulanet #MONISEIS and TAU #GlacialWind projects
June 10, 2026 at 9:31 AM
We received a new EXO2 multiparameter sonde with sensors for
temp., salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, chl-a and FDOM.

It will be used for studies of marine particle dynamics and submarine springs - among other things.

A new addition to the @finmari-ri.bsky.social research infrastructure!
June 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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Olisiko sinulla sopivia geologisia valokuvia? – Tule mukaan rikastuttamaan geoportaalia!

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Olisiko sinulla sopivia geologisia valokuvia?
Olisiko sinulla sopivia geologisia valokuvia? – Tule mukaan rikastuttamaan geologia.fi-sivustoa!
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May 28, 2026 at 5:37 PM
A new addition to the @finmari-ri.bsky.social research infrastructure!

This week we received user training on the Secrel mini-GI source, an important component of our new marine multi-channel seismic system.

www.sercel.com/en/product/g...

The first surveys are in two weeks!
May 29, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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#SecuCoast project completed 66 km of floating transient electromagmetic profiler (FloaTEM) surveys in the search of submarine groundwater in Barcelona.

Collaboration between @gtk.fi and the Groundwater Hydrology Group at @upc.edu.

🌊

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FloaTEM surveys in Barcelona, Catalonia
FloaTEM surveys of the SecuCoast project were continued in Barcelona from 18 to 22 May 2026. Nikolas and Lauri from GTK  teamed up with the Groundwater Hydrology Group at Universitat Politècnica de...
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May 26, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Greetings from #EGU26!

🧪In case you are into groundwater-seawater interactions, check out these presentations.
May 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
🌊The sailing season opened with an expedition to the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Bothnia
🧪Water column particle profiling, sediment coring, resuspension experiments and finally the deployment of a benthic lander
Thanks PHYTOTRANS project, @spilling.bsky.social @eeroasmala.bsky.social and others!
April 22, 2026 at 5:13 PM
In the past two days, I've had the pleasure to attend the @finmari-ri.bsky.social Days 2026 at the University of Turku.

I've enjoyed the variety of talks over topics ranging from biogeochemistry to seawater-groundwater interaction to particle dynamics. It's also always a pleasure to see colleagues!
March 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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The first #SecuCoast Newsletter is published.

🧪 Find out about our activities during the first project year.

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First newsletter published
The first newsletter of the SecuCoast consortium is published! Read it here.
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March 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Reposted by Joonas Virtasalo
Our new open access article in Terra Nova:

Evolution Model for the Paleoproterozoic Talvivaara Mudstone-Hosted Ni-Zn-Cu-Co Deposit in Fennoscandia.

Lahtinen, R., Laitala, J.J., Virtasalo, J.J. and Whitehouse, M.J. 2026 (in press). Terra Nova, 1–12.

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Evolution Model for the Paleoproterozoic Talvivaara Mudstone‐Hosted Ni‐Zn‐Cu‐Co Deposit in Fennoscandia
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February 25, 2026 at 9:35 PM
New article!

🧪Talvivaara mudstone is a highly metal-enriched organic-rich sedimentary rock in Finland that records the evolution of Earth surface and coastal ocean during the globally significant Shunga Event in the aftermath of the Great Oxidation Event.

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Evolution Model for the Paleoproterozoic Talvivaara Mudstone‐Hosted Ni‐Zn‐Cu‐Co Deposit in Fennoscandia
The Paleoproterozoic Talvivaara mudstone is a very large sulfidic Ni-Co deposit that records enhanced organic matter accumulation during the global Shunga Event. Here, rock geochemistry and microscal....
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February 26, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Itämeren rautamangaanisaostumat on ajankohtainen aihe.

Kerron rautamangaanitutkimuksistamme Suomen geologisen seuran kokouksessa yhdessä Joonas Wasiljeffin kanssa. Teen myös lyhyen katsauksen merenpohjan mineraalien kaupallisen hyödyntämisen tilanteeseen maailmalla

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Suomen geologinen seura toivottaa sinut lämpimästi tervetulleeksi viikon päästä järjestettävään vuosikokoukseen 12.02.2026 klo 18:00-19:45 Tieteiden talolle (Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki). Kokoukseen on… |...
Suomen geologinen seura toivottaa sinut lämpimästi tervetulleeksi viikon päästä järjestettävään vuosikokoukseen 12.02.2026 klo 18:00-19:45 Tieteiden talolle (Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki). Kokoukseen on ma...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
🌊New study examines how protective berms settle and behave over the long term using PLAXIS finite element simulations

🧪An iterative method is introduced to determine the modified compression index in structured clays, accounting for destructuration at depth

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Submarine power cables on soft structured clay seabed: gravel berm to reduce cable settlements and enhance protection
Submarine power cables on soft seabed are prone to damage from fishing gear, anchors, and underwater landslides. To mitigate these risks, the paper in…
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February 5, 2026 at 6:19 AM
🌊Extremely interesting sediment samples received from the Japan Trench. They were collected during the #IODP3 Expedition 503 "Hadal Trench Tsunamigenic Slip History - Buried in Trench".

🧪We continue our research into bioturbation and trace fossils in the hadal zone!
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Reposted by Joonas Virtasalo
Hallitus ehdottaa täydentävässä talousarviossaan leikkauksia ammattikorkeakoulujen ja yliopistojen rahoitukseen. Tämä on isku koulutukselle ja tutkimukselle, sanoo Tieteentekijöiden toiminnanjohtaja Nina Hahtela.
@ninahahtela.bsky.social

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Hallituksen silmänkääntötemppu syö opetuksen ja tutkimuksen edellytyksiä
Hallitus leikkaa korkeakouluilta, vaikka Suomi tarvitsee osaamista enemmän kuin koskaan.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Reposted by Joonas Virtasalo
Uusi tutkimus osoittaa, että Euroopan kesät voivat pidentyä vuosisadan loppuun mennessä jopa 40 päivällä. Syynä on arktisen alueen nopea lämpeneminen, joka heikentää lämpötilaeroa päiväntasaajan ja pohjoisnavan välillä ja tekee kesän säätiloista pysyvämpiä.

#Ilmasto

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Euroopan äärimmäiset kesät pitenevät – ja suuntaus voi kiihtyä | GTK
Uudet tutkimustulokset vahvistavat käsitystä, että Euroopan kesät voivat pidentyä merkittävästi vuoteen 2100 mennessä.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Reposted by Joonas Virtasalo
Researchers from GTK unlocked 7000-year environmental archive from a Baltic Sea concretion.

The samples collected from the seabed recorded shifts in oxygen levels, climate variability, and pollution events with remarkable precision.

Read on: www.gtk.fi/en/current/r...

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Researchers Unlock 7000-Year Environmental Archive from a Baltic Sea Concretion | GTK
Research team from GTK has revealed that iron-manganese concretions from the Gulf of Finland serve as detailed archives of environmental change.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Two days on an interesting topic❗
🌊28 Oct 2025, seminar Particle Dynamics in Coastal Marine Environments
🧪29 Oct 2025, workshop of #RCF #Phytotrans project on the same topic.
Thank you to the invited speakers and participants!
@gtk-fi.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hyvää geodiversiteettipäivää!

Maiseman elottomat osat ovat tuntemamme ja arvostamamme luonnon perusta, vaikka ne ovatkin usein piilossa katseilta. Kauniin maiseman lisäksi ne antavat raaka-aineita, vaikuttavat veden laatuun, hiilen kiertoon ja ovat välttämättömiä hyvinvoiville ekosysteemeille.
October 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Törmäyskraatterit voivat tarjota elinoloja. "Lappajärven esimerkki osoittaa, että aurinkokunnassa (...) yleiset parikymmenkilometriset kraatterit voivat pysyä meille tutuille elämänmuodoille mukavan lämpiminä miljoonia vuosia. Se on käsittämättömän pitkä aika", @teemuohman.bsky.social kirjoittaa. 🔭
Tähtitieteellinen yhdistys Ursa: Tuoreimmat
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October 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
📣Highest-resolution #geochronology ever reconstructed for a #ferromanganese concretion

🧪We combined #¹⁴C, anthropogenic Pb and Co-chronometer techniques in a Bayesian age model

🌊Ce-anomaly, δ56Fe and magnetic mineralogy record variability in the Baltic Sea over 7000 years

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Centennial to millennial-scale paleoenvironmental record from a coastal iron-manganese concretion - Communications Earth & Environment
Seven thousand years of environmental variability are recorded by a coastal iron-manganese concretion, according to microstructure, magnetic, geochemical, and isotopic geochemical analyses of a concretion from the Baltic Sea.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
🧪Joonas Wasiljeff explains how we study ferromanganese concretions from the Baltic Sea🌊, how they form on the seafloor what their significance is in the marine ecosystem.
#MediaRelease: Could rock lumps on the ocean floor be a potential source of valuable metals? Researchers from the Geological Survey of Finland @gtk-fi.bsky.social used the CLS to study what these these deposits are made of, how they form, and how they change over time. https://bit.ly/4pqX6V8
September 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Hyvää Itämeripäivää!💙 Mitä GTK:lla tehdään Itämeren hyväksi ja miten geotieteet auttavat Itämeren suojelua? Siitä lisää🔗

Tule viettämään kanssamme Itämerifestiä Helsingin Kansalaistorille tänään klo 12‒19: itameripaiva.fi/tapahtuma/it...

#Itämeripäivä #Itämerifest

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Tietoa pinnan alta ‒ geotieteet Itämeren hyväksi | GTK
Itämerelle omistettu teemapäivä tarjoaa hetken pysähtyä pohtimaan, mitä voimme tehdä meren puolesta nyt ja tulevaisuudessa.
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August 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM