Dr. Hervé Wabo

Dr. Hervé Wabo is a Research Associate at CIMERA and Manager of the UJ Paleomagnetism Laboratory. He was previously a Post-doc fellow at UJ (with NRF Freestanding Grant in 2014 and 2015), after a PhD entitled <Paleomagnetism of post-Transvaal sill complexes, selected dykes and the Uitkomst Complex- relation to the Bushveld Complex> from the same institution (March 2009 – Feb. 2013), and an MSc from the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon (Graduated in 2004). Prior to his arrival at UJ, Dr. Wabo worked in consulting companies from March 2003 to Dec. 2009 as Field Geologist involved in various geophysical mapping and exploration projects in Central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Chad, Nigeria, etc…).

 

His scientific interest mainly focuses on the characterization of the ancient Earth’s Magnetic Field recorded by various Archaean to Precambrian-aged intrusive and sedimentary rock units (e.g. BIFs, carbonates platforms, mafic dyke swarms, sill complexes, volcanics, LIPs, etc…). This information, combined to rock-magnetic data, geochemistry and radiometric ages is used to constrain the position of important crustal blocks around the world (e.g. Kaapvaal craton in South Africa, Dharwar craton in India, Congo craton in Central Africa, etc…) within ancient supercontinents (e.g. Rodinia, Columbia, etc.), with implications for paleo environmental reconstitutions and mineral deposit targeting.

 

Recent scientific contributions

  1. Wabo, H., Humbert, F., de Kock, M.O., Belyanin, G., Maré, L.P., Beukes N.J., Kramers, J., 2019. Constraining the chronology of the Mashishing dykes from the eastern Kaapvaal craton in South Africa. In: Srivastava R., Ernst R., Peng P. (eds) Dyke Swarms of the World: A Modern Perspective. Springer Geology, 215-261. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1666-1_6.
  2. Wabo, H., Maré, L.P., Beukes, NJ., Kruger, S.J., Humbert, F., De Kock, M.O., 2018. Mineral transformations during thermal demagnetization of sideritic jasper mesobands in jaspilites of the ~3.25 Ga Fig Tree Group in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, Kaapvaal Craton (South Africa). South African Journal of Geology. doi:10.25131/sajg.121.0010
  3. Humbert, F., Sonnette, L., De Kock, M.O., Robion, P., Horng, C.S., Cousture, A., Wabo, H., 2017. Palaeomagnetism of the early Palaeoproterozoic, volcanic Hekpoort Formation (Transvaal Supergroup) of the Kaapvaal craton, South Africa, Geophysical Journal International 209, 842–865.
  4. Wabo, H., de Kock, M.O., Klausen, M.B., Söderlund, U., Beukes, N.J., 2016. Paleomagnetism and chronology of B-1 marginal sills of the Bushveld Complex from the eastern Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa, GFF, 138:1, 133-151. doi: 10.1080/11035897.2015.1099566
  5. Wabo, H., Olsson, J.R., de Kock, M.O., Humbert, F., Söderlund, U., Klausen, M.B., 2016. New U–Pb age and paleomagnetic constraints from the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa: clues to the timing of intrusion, GFF, 138:1, 152-163. doi: 10.1080/11035897.2015.1098726
  6. Beukes, N.J., Swindell, E.P.W., Wabo, H., 2016. Manganese deposits of Africa, Episodes 39, 285-317. doi: 10.18814/epiiugs/2016/v39i2/95779

Selected conference abstracts

  1. Wabo H, De Kock MO, Belyanin, G. 2019. Paleomagnetic constraints on duration of the Bushveld Large Igneous Province, LIP 2019 Meeting (1-6 September, Tomsk Russia).
  2.  Wabo H, De Kock MO, Vorster. C., Beukes NJ. 2018. New geochronological and paleomagnetic constraints on the depositional history of Kaladgi and Bhima successions in India. Abstracts volume AGU Fall Meeting 2018 (10-14 December, Washington DC – USA) 
  3. Djeutchou, C. De Kock, M.O., Wabo, H. 2018. New key paleomagnetic pole for the 1.8 Ga Kaapvaal craton: implications for Paleoproterozoic apparent polar wander and paleogeographic reconstructions. Abstracts volume AGU Fall Meeting 2018 (10-14 December, Washington DC – USA)
  4. Luskin, C. De Kock, MO., Wabo H. 2018. Paleomagnetic Results of the Mesoarchean Pongola Supergroup Nsuze Large Igneous Province and a Primary Post-Pongola Pole, Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa. Abstracts volume AGU Fall Meeting 2018 (10-14 December, Washington DC – USA) 
  5. Djeutchou, C., Wabo, H., De Kock, M.O. 2018. New paleomagnetic results from mafic dykes in the Badplaas area in the Mpumalanga Province. Abstracts volume GeoCongress 2018 (18-20 July, Johannesburg – South Africa)
  6. Luskin, C., De Kock, M.O., Wabo, H. 2018. Paleomagnetic results of volcanics of the Pongola Supergroup, Kaapvaal Craton. Abstracts volume GeoCongress 2018 (18-20 July, Johannesburg – South Africa)
  7. Luskin, C., De Kock, M.O., Djeutchou, C., Wabo, H. 2018. Multiplot: A Program for Visualizing and Diagramming Paleomagnetic Data. Abstracts volume GeoCongress 2018 (18-20 July, Johannesburg – South Africa) 
  8. Wabo, H., Mare, L.P., Beukes, N.J. 2018. Application of magnetic geothermometer in Archean rocks: An example from the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa. Abstracts volume GeoCongress 2018 (18-20 July, Johannesburg – South Africa)
  9. Wabo H, Belyanin G, de Kock, M.O., Humbert, F., Söderlund, U., Maré, L.P., Kramers, J., Beukes, N.J., 2016. Geochronological, geochemical and paleomagnetic clues for existence of a ~2.1 Ga dyke generation in the Mashishing area, South Africa, IDC-7 (Beijing, China) 18-20 August 2016.
  10. Wabo, H., Maré, L.P., Beukes, N.J., Kruger, S., Humbert, F., De Kock, M.O., 2015. Temperature dependent magnetic properties of magnetite-rich bands of the ~3.25 Ga Fig Tree Group from Barb4 drill core, Abstracts volume GSA 2015 (Baltimore, USA)
  11. Wabo, H., Beukes, N.J., Mare, L.P., Humbert, F. and De Kock M.O., 2015. Magnetic study of jaspers of the Fig Tree Group from Barb4 drill core. Abstracts volume Goldschmidt 2015 (Prague, Czech Republic) p 3294
  12. Wabo, H., De Kock, M.O., Rajesh, H.M and Beukes, N.J. 2011 Paleomagnetism and geochemistry of Bushveld-related intrusions, eastern Kaapvaal craton. Abstracts volume AGU 2011 (5-9 Dec, San Francisco – USA)
  13. Nono, A., Wabo, H. 2004. Influence de la lithologie et de la fracturation sur la dynamiqueet la chimie des eaux souterraines sur socle panafricain à l’Est du Cameroun. Cas de la localité d’Abong-Mbang, abstracts volume CAG20 (2-7 June, Orleans -France) p 317.
  14. Nono, A., Wabo, H., Biaya Selambe, M.O. 2004. Influences comparées de la lithologie et de la tectonique sur la dynamique et la chimie des eaux souterraines sur les hauts plateaux volcaniques de l’Ouest et sur le socle panafricain à l’Est du Cameroun. abstracts volume CAG20 (2-7 June, Orleans – France) p 318.