Publications

FOCUS AREA 1

Mantle and crustal processes, and associated metallogenesis including kimberlites.

Late Triassic to Early Jurassic anatectic magmatism in the Chiapas Massif Complex, southern Mexico: New evidence for the onset and mode of crustal extension in western equatorial Pangea. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.02.0032

Zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes reveal the crustal evolution of the SW Angolan Shield (Congo Craton). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.03.010

High-latitude platform carbonate deposition constitutes a climate conundrum at the terminal Mesoproterozoic. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46390-w

Howarth, G.H., Giuliani, A., Bussweiler, Y., Tau, M., Hashibi, S., Janney, P.E. and Nowicki, T.E. Kimberlite pre-conditioning of the lithospheric mantle and implications for diamond survival: a case study of olivine and mantle xenocrysts from the Koidu mine (Sierra Leone). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00126-024-01312-0

Quaternary magmatism in NW Svalbard: Refining the architecture and evolution of Sverrefjellet Volcano. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-6844

Petrology and geochemistry of a cratonic mantle-derived eclogite xenolith suite from the Balmoral Kimberlite, Kimberley Region, South Africa. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-6583

Archaean record of the Singhbhum Craton, India: new insights from greenstone belts and cratonic cover sequences. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-10889

Blue lace agate and chalcedony pseudomorphs from Ysterputs in southern Namibia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105211 Migmatite dome as a result of multi-fold interference pattern, in the Damara Belt, Namibia.

FOCUS AREA 2 

Metallogeny and Paleogeographic Implications of Layered Igneous Complexes (LICs) and Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs).

Rapetsoa. M., Manzi, M., James, I., Sihoyiya, M., Durrheim, R. and Pienaar, M. Innovative Seismic Imaging of the Platinum Deposits, Maseve Mine: Surface and In-Mine. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14090913

FOCUS AREA 3

Gold Metallogenesis and Metallurgy Characterizing low-grade refractory gold ores using automated mineralogy coupled with LA ICP-MS. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2024.108674

FOCUS AREA 6
Base Metals Tracing subducted carbonates in Earth’s mantle using zinc and molybdenum isotopes.https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2023GL105208

FOCUS AREA 7
Energy Resources Graphitization: Microstructural and microtextural transformations of residual char from international coal combustion ash. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2024.104470

Hyperspectral imaging of coal core: a focus on the visible-near-shortwave infrared (VNSWIR) region. doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2024.104456

Enrichment of rare earth elements in epigenetic dolomite occurring in contact metamorphosed Witbank coals (South Africa). doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2023.104405

FOCUS AREA 8
Environmental Geology Mineralogical, petrological, and geochemical characterisation of chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite asbestos mine waste from Southern Africa in context of risk assessment and rehabilitation. doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0277.v1

Frictional properties of the fault hosting aftershocks of the 2014 Orkney earthquake (M5.5), South Africa, and proposal of a new drilling project PROTEA to probe the heart of the earthquake. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-3723

FOCUS AREA 9
Geology for Society Who’s who in mineral names. https://doi.org/10.1080/00357529.2024.2279465

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION-CENTRED PUBLICATIONS Multi-geophysical methods for characterizing fractures in an open pit mine, western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2478.13489

Testing the P/S amplitude seismic source discriminant at local distances using seismic events within and surrounding the Kloof Gold Mine, South Africa, and the Kiruna Iron Ore Mine, Northern Sweden. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120230215

Denoising of geochemical data using deep learning – implications for regional surveys. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11053-024-10317-5

Correlation between cephalic screw positioning of Standard Gamma 3 Nail for intertrochanteric fractures and cut-out incidence.10,1-9.https://doi.org/10.1051/sicotj/2024006

Workflow-induced uncertainty in data-driven mineral prospectivity mapping. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-024-10322-8