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Theses and Dissertations (Geology)
Recent Submissions
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Venter, Jacobus Petrus
(University of Pretoria, 1980-05)
English: Mudrocks occur in many parts of southern Africa and large quantities
are used in road construction. This study involved research on the "state
of the art" of the road construction aspects of mudrocks in southern ...
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Raible, Kirsten
(University of Pretoria, 2024-05-16)
A baseline study was conducted to gain a better understanding of the relationship between
groundwater, geology, and geography of the Greater Timbavati Area, to advance the knowledge of
hydrostratigraphical settings ...
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Tunnell, Jason
(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-05)
Over the past decade, there have been 45 tailings storage facility (TSF) disasters worldwide,
resulting in fatalities, serious environmental damage, and the destruction of entire
ecosystems. These failures often stem ...
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Gain, Stephen Bryant
(University of Pretoria, 1981)
The farm Maandagshoek 254 KT is situated in the
eastern lobe of the Bushveld Complex. The investigated
sequence forms part of the Winterveld Norite-Anorthosite of
the critical zone and consists of the UGl, UG2, UG3 ...
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Alberts, Adriana
(University of Pretoria, 2023-10-31)
The Upper Zone is the uppermost portion of the Rustenburg Layered Suite of the Bushveld Igneous Complex and has long been interpreted to have formed from the differentiation of a single magma pulse through closed-system ...
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Breakfast, Mzoli
(University of Pretoria, 2024-01-02)
The Bamboesberg Member forms the basal member of the Late Triassic Molteno Formation. It hosts the two economically significant coal seams in the Molteno-Indwe coalfield, namely the Guba and Indwe seams. The Molteno-Indwe ...
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Burger, Erasmus Petrus
(University of Pretoria, 2024)
This work is a study of granitoid sheets in H.U. Sverdrupfjella. The objectives were to measure the orientations and take samples of the granitoid sheets to produce orientation, geochronological and geochemical data from ...
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Sebola, Selby
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
The Kaapvaal Craton in South Africa is characterised by ultramafic to mafic complexes, and several mafic intrusions are associated closely with different sections of the craton. The focus of this research is the Transvaal ...
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Chiya, Luzuko
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
The Schrikkloof Formation, composed of rhyolites, tuffs and hydrothermal breccias, is the youngest rhyolitic volcanic sequence of the Rooiberg Group of the Bushveld Igneous Complex and is known to host polymetallic Sn-F-REE. ...
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Angath, Ellisha
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
The use of Berea Red sands can be seen extensively among civil infrastructure
particularly along the eastern coast of South Africa. These cohesive soils vary in colour,
composition, and strength. Despite the understanding ...
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Omietimi, Erepamo Job
(University of Pretoria, 2022-08)
The Inland Anambra Basin of Nigeria, formed on the western segment of the Lower Benue Trough, represents the sag phase of the Trough. Its basin infill comprises shallow to marginal marine and freshwater sedimentary clastic ...
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Mukwevho, Fhulufhelo Vincent
(University of Pretoria, 2022)
Non-woven and woven geotextiles have long been used as a cost effective solution in different applications such as separation, reinforcement, protection, filtration and drainage. One of the most common use of geotextiles ...
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Kotze, Arnoldus Daniel
(University of Pretoria, 2022-03-08)
The Karoo Large Igneous Province (KLIP) in South Africa comprises a spatially limited basalt suite (Drakensberg Group) and a spatially extensive dolerite suite. This study aims to establish a tectonic regime that could ...
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Human, Hendrik Gert
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
The sedimentary rocks of the Karoo Supergroup cover approximately 75% of the surface area of South Africa. Major projects have been constructed on and in these rocks with a number of tunnelling projects such as the Lesotho ...
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Clark-Mostert, Vennessa
(University of Pretoria, 2011)
The Wesizwe main and ventilation shaft positions are sited within an almost square block formed by four faults. The shaft positions were not sited within the centre of gravity of the Wesizwe lease area. This is due to ...
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Vermeulen, Petrus Johannes
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) is not a new study field — indeed, it dates from the late 1960s. However, the original and introductory study paid scant attention to a crucial aspect, namely the estimation of ...
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Swart, Duan
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Dolomitic land is known for subsidence and sinkhole formation, making development such as
housing unsafe, especially when wad is found. Wad and residual dolomite are usually found
at the bedrock-soil interface and in ...
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Shaanika, Giesberta Naipopya
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Considering the current lack of engineering geological mapping in urban developments
in Namibia, it was necessary to pioneer the input of engineering geology in the planning
of infrastructure. The benefits of engineering ...
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Nxokwana, Ngqondi Songezo
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
Shale is normally impermeable and has a low porosity; it was therefore not considered by the project on geological storage of CO2 in South Africa (the “Atlas” project) as a potential storage reservoir. However, research ...
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Mahlangu, Sarah Ndazi
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
When different water resource components coexist in nature, they usually have an impact on each
other. Studies of how they impact each other in terms of water quantities, flow dynamics, quality and
contamination are therefore ...
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