Rapakivi granites and related rocks: an introduction

This article is an introductory chapter for the proceedings of the last, se venth, meeting of the international Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 315 "Correlation of Rapakivi Granites and Related Rocks on a Globa l Scale", 1991-1996. Based on current knowledge, progress made during the s ix years of the project, and the seven papers published in this special iss ue, a synthesis of the age distribution, geotectonic environment, petrogene sis, geochemistry, and metallogeny of the rapakivi granites and related roc ks is presented. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.