Early Earth Mineral Systems and Metallogenesis

Early Earth Mineral Systems and Metallogenesis.

Champion: Prof Axel Hofmann (UJ)
Crustal and mineral deposit evolution in the Archean and Proterozoic eras. The impact on mineralization systems of the Great Oxidation Event

Mesoarchaean volcanism and associated hydrothermal activity of the Dominion Group in the Ottosdal area, South Africa - implicarions for Witwatersrand gold

Student
Dora Paprika

Degree
PHD

Supervisor
Hofmann

University
University of Johannesburg

Investigations of the Gamohaan AHL-4 Drill Core: Organic Microfabrics and the Origin of Sulphides in the Neoarchean

Student
N McLoughlin

Degree
RA

Supervisor
Rubidge/Beukes

University
WITS University
University of Johannesburg

Petrographic, whole-rock geochemical and multiple (Fe-Cu-O-H) isotope study of the Neoarchean Black Reef in the Carletonville goldfield (South Africa): Implications for fluid(s) circulation and Au-U mobilization.

Student
Kebone Hunadi Maselela

Degree
MSc

Supervisor
Nwaila

University
WITS University

Mineral paragenesis and seismic reflection coefficients modelling of the Black Reef Formation: Implications for basin geometry reconstruction and gold exploration

Student
Thandeka Khumalo

Degree
MSc

Supervisor
Nwaila

University
WITS University

The geology of selected geosites in the northern Barberton Greenstone Belt usable for geotourism development.

Student
Mashele, NP

Degree
MSc

Supervisor
Kinnaird

University
WITS University

Finishing 2019 not funded

Unravelling the chronostratigraphy of the Iron Ore Group (IOG) of the Singhbhum craton India

Student
Jodder, J

Degree
PHD

Supervisor
Hofmann

University
University of Johannesburg

Geochemical, geochronological and petrological characterisation of lower crustal xenoliths from the Wyoming Craton, Montana (USA), using accessory minerals, with implications for ore mineralization processes

Student
Yash Thakurdin (Upgraded to PhD 2018)

Degree
PHD

Supervisor
Bolhar

University
WITS University

Structural and Geochemical evolution of the Abbabis Metamorphic Complex, pre-Damaran rocks of the southern Central Zone of the Damara Orogeny, with implications for uranium and copper mineralisation

Student
Goslin, Lechelle

Degree
MSc

Supervisor
Bolhar

University
WITS University

PGE distribution and Re-Os geochronology of Early Archean ultramafic rock associations from Kaapvaal craton granite-greenstone belts: Clues to the stabilization of Earth's first continents and the evolution of South Africa's platinum endowment

Student
G Ficq

Degree
MSc

Supervisor
Tappe

University
University of Johannesburg

Petrogenesis and Economic Potential of Mafic–Ultramafic Satellite Intrusions to the Kunene Anorthosite Complex, Angola

Student
Welhemina Mmamokhobo Sito (Ms)

Degree
MSc

Supervisor
T O-S

University
University of Johannesburg