• 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)

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• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Granular layer in Preventing Clogging and Blinding of Filter Geotextiles by Clay and Silt size Soil Particles in Sub-soil Drainage Systems 

  Van Rooi, J Louis; Mukwevho, Fhulufhelo Vincent (2022)

  Geotextile filters are frequently used in filtration and drainage applications for road pavement and structural drainage. These filters are prone to clogging by clay and silt particles. A study to evaluate the effectiveness ...
• Data for evaluation of the onshore Cretaceous Zululand Basin in South Africa for geological CO2 storage 

  Tibane, Lowanika Victor; Harris, P.; Pollmann, H.; Ndongani, F.L.; Landman, Brandon Evan; Altermann, Wladyslaw, 1954- (Elsevier, 2021-12-04)

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• Potential SARS-CoV-2 contamination of groundwater as a result of mass burial : a mini-review 

  Van Wyk, Yazeed; Ubomba-Jaswa, Eunice; Dippenaar, Matthys Alois (Elsevier, 2022-08)

  The recent COVID-19 disease has highlighted the need for further research around the risk to human health and the environment because of mass burial of COVID-19 victims. Despite SARS-CoV-2 being an enveloped virus, which ...
• Supplementary mineral resources and mineral reserves reports : readability and textual choice 

  Du Toit, Elda; Delport, Pieter Willem Jacobus (Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2021-03)

  Investing in a mining venture can be risky and stakeholders need transparent, unbiased reports to understand the Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves a mining company holds. Readability and textual choice can be used ...
• Process variations of a Neoproterozoic delta system in response to the influence of mixed-energy systems and sea-level fluctuation : an insight from Simla Group, Lesser Himalaya, India 

  Mazumdar, Priyanka; Mukhopadhyay, Ananya; Banerjee, Tithi; Thorie, Alono; Eriksson, Patrick George (Springer, 2021-03)

  Deltas generally exhibit morphological and architectural variations due to repercussions of fluvial, wave and tidal currents. The Neoproterozoic Chhaosa Formation, Simla Group, Lesser Himalaya, a shallow-marine, mixed-energy ...
• Estimation techniques for seismic recurrence parameters for incomplete catalogues 

  Kijko, Andrzej; Vermeulen, Petrus Johannes; Smit, Ansie (Springer, 2022-04)

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