• The cyclic unit of the upper critical zone on maandagshoek 254 KT eastern Bushveld complex 

  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 ...
• Field tests for the identification of silts 

  Swart, Duan; Dippenaar, Matthys Alois; Van Rooy, J.L. (Jan Louis) (Springer, 2023-11)

  Accurately identifying soil texture and understanding soil behaviour in terms of plasticity is a crucial initial step in properly characterizing a site, which in turn facilitates appropriate sampling and scheduling of ...
• Enhancing hydrological analysis by incorporating environmental and artificial tracers of an altered vadose zone : a systematic review 

  Van Wyk, Yazeed; Dippenaar, Matthys Alois; Ubomba-Jaswa, Eunice (Elsevier, 2024-04)

  This review investigates the integration of environmental and artificial tracers for evaluating water flow within modified vadose zone environments and assesses how heterogeneous structures and preferential flow influence ...
• The progression of disclosures in the basic materials industry of South Africa 

  Du Toit, Elda; Delport, Pieter Willem Jacobus (Wiley, 2024-03)

  Considering debates surrounding the usefulness of integrated reporting for decision-making, this exploratory study uses objective measures to investigate the quality of disclosures other than financial in the basic materials ...
• Probabilistic tsunami risk assessment from incomplete and uncertain historical impact records : Mediterranean and connected seas 

  Triantafyllou, Ι.; Papadopoulos, G.A.; Kijko, Andrzej (Springer, 2023-03)

  Tsunami risk is considered as the probability of a particular coastline being struck by a tsunami that may cause a certain level of impact (destructiveness). The impact metric of a tsunami is expressed in terms of tsunami ...
• First-order approximation towards empirical seismic vulnerability assessment of low-cost unreinforced masonry buildings in South Africa 

  Nqasha, Thando; Khoyratty, Zeenat; Akombelwa, Mulemwa; Singh, Mayshree; Kijko, Andrzej (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  The 5 August 2014 Orkney earthquake in South Africa caused significant damage to low-cost unreinforced masonry buildings. After the earthquake, post-earthquake surveys were conducted to assess damage and deduce the intensity ...
• Glacial sedimentation in Northern Gondwana : insights from the Talchir formation, Manendragarh, India 

  Choudhuri, Adrita; Mandal, Sabyasachi; Bumby, Adam John; Pillai, S. Suresh Kumar (Cambridge University Press, 2023-06)

  Among the vast swathes of Gondwanan sedimentary rocks in India, exposures of the Lower Permian Talchir Formation at Manendragarh in India are exceptional for their cold marine faunal assemblage and muddy conglomerates of ...
• The Paleocene Hangu formation : a key to unlocking the mysteries of Paleo-Tethys tectonism 

  Bilal, Ahmer; Yang, Renchao; Lenhardt, Nils; Han, Zuozhen; Luan, Xiwu (Elsevier, 2023-11)

  The sedimentary rocks of the Paleocene Hangu Formation in the Yadgaar Section of the Upper Indus Basin in northern Pakistan, have been the subject of an integrated field, petrographical, and sedimentological investigation. ...
• Macroseismic survey of the 6 February 2016 KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa earthquake 

  Mapuranga, Victor Philip; Kijko, Andrzej; Saunders, I.; Singh, A.; Singh, M.; Zulu, S. (Geological Society of South Africa, 2022-03)

  On the 6th of February 2016 at 11:00 hours local time (0900 UTC), KwaZulu-Natal was struck by an earthquake of local magnitude ML=3.8. The epicentre of the earthquake was located offshore in the Durban Basin. The ...
• The Quaternary monogenetic Bayuda Volcanic Field, Sudan – insights into mantle and crustal processes during magma petrogenesis 

  Lotter, Francois Jacobus Petrus; Lenhardt, Nils; Viereck, Lothar; Munker, Carsten; Marien, Chris S.; Altigani, Mohammed A.H. (Elsevier, 2022-02)

  Please read abstract in the article.
• Evaluating the potential drilling success of exploration programmes using a three-dimensional geological model - a case study 

  Harris, Zandri; Reyneke, F.A. Stephan; Merkle, Roland Karl Willi; Delport, Pieter Willem Jacobus (Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2022-02)

  The technological advancements in computing power in the last 30 years have enabled the practical visualization of complex geological environments in three-dimensional (3D) space. 3D models and their application in the ...
• Principal component analysis of trace element data from the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex : constraints on possible tectonic provenance 

  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 ...
• Petrography and geochemistry of hydrothermal breccias hosted in the Schrikkloof Formation (Rooiberg Group), north of Modimolle, South Africa 

  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. ...
• A parametric investigation on the shear strength and bearing capacity of Cenozoic Berea Red Sand with geosynthetic reinforcements 

  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 ...
• Geochemical and geochronological constraints on the Mesoproterozoic Red Granite Suite, Kunene AMCG Complex of Angola and Namibia 

  Milani, Lorenzo; Lehmann, Jeremie; Bybee, Grant M.; Hayes, Ben; Owen-Smith, Trishya M.; Oosthuizen, Lize; Delport, Pieter Willem Jacobus; Ueckermann, Henriette (Elsevier, 2022-09)

  Anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite (AMCG) suites form large batholiths emplaced during the Proterozoic Eon. Magma source(s), emplacement mechanisms, and the tectonic setting of AMCG suites remain poorly understood. ...
• Precambrian fans on opposite margins of an intracratonic rift basin; palaeogeography, palaeoclimate and provenance : neoproterozoic Badami Group, Karnataka, India 

  Samanta, Pradip; Mukhopadhyay, Soumik; Sen, Arunava; Ghosh, Nipun; Bumby, Adam John (Elsevier, 2022-02)

  An integrated approach of facies analysis, architectural element analysis and geochemistry provides significant insight into the palaeogeography, palaeoclimate and provenances of alluvial sediments in the Neoproterozoic ...
• Sedimentology, palaeoenvironment and structural interpretation of the Cretaceous SW Anambra Basin, Nigeria 

  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 ...
• A reappraisal of legacy reflection seismic data from the western margin of the Kaapvaal craton, South Africa, with implications for Mesozoic-Cenozoic regional tectonics 

  Westgate, Michael; Manzi, Musa S.D.; Malehmir, Alireza; Gibson, Roger L.; Andreoli, Marco A.G.; Bumby, Adam John (Elsevier, 2021-08)

  The 150 km long, 6 s TWT, 2D seismic profile KBF03A, which was acquired in 1994 and lies near the western edge of the Kaapvaal craton in South Africa, has been reprocessed using standard reflection seismic processing ...
• The potential clogging and filter performance of selected geotextiles with different soil types under unidirectional flow conditions in sub-soil drainage applications 

  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 ...
• Estimating the maximum earthquake magnitude in the Iranian Plateau 

  Kowsari, Milad; Ghazi, Hamed; Kijko, Andrzej; Javadi, Hamid Reza; Shabani, Elham (Springer, 2021-06)

  The Iranian Plateau has been subjected to destructive earthquakes throughout its history. Reliable assessment of the seismic hazard in this earthquake-prone region is therefore essential. Our study focuses on estimating ...

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