Research

Unravelling the D1 event: evidence for early granite-up, greenstone-down tectonics in the Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia

2020

S. A. Jones, K. F. Cassidy, B. K. Davis

Associate

Cumulative deformation and original geometry of the Bushveld Complex

2019

I.J. Basson

X-ray computed tomography: Practical evaluation of beam hardening in iron ore samples

2019

L.C. Bam, J.A. Miller, M. Becker, I.J. Basson

Ore-shoot formation in the Main Reef Complex of the Fairview Mine—multiphase gold mineralization during regional folding, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

2019

J. Gloyn-Jones and A. Kisters

Pan-African structural evolution of Paleoproterozoic basement gneiss and Cu-Co mineralized shear zones in the Domes Region of the Lufilian Belt, Mwombezhi Dome, Zambia.

2019

Koegelenberg, C., Basson, I. J., Sinkala, H., Lupapulo, H., Hornsby, P.

3D Fabric analysis of Venetia Mine, South Africa: Using structural measurements and implicitly-modelled surfaces for improved pit slope design and risk management.

2019

Creus, P. K., Basson, I. J., Koegelenberg, C. K., Ekkerd, J., de Graaf, P. J. H., Bester, M., Mokele, T.

Structural analysis and implicit 3D modelling of Jwaneng Mine: Insights into deformation of the Transvaal Supergroup in SE Botswana

2018

P.K. Creus, I.J. Basson, B. Stoch, O. Mogorosi, K. Gabanakgosi, F. Ramsden, P. Gaegopolwe

The structural setting of mineralisation at Kolomela Mine, Northern Cape, South Africa, based on fully-constrained, implicit 3D modelling

2018

I.J. Basson, S.A.J. Thomas, B. Stoch, C.J. Anthonissen, M-J. McCall, J. Britz, S. Macgregor, S. Viljoen, D. Nel, M. Vietze, C. Stander, J. Horn, J. Bezuidenhout, T. Sekoere, C. Gous, H. Boucher

Structural controls on mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia

2018

I.J. Basson, M-J. McCall, J. Andrew, E. Daweti

Implications of the distribution, age and origins of the granites of the Mesoproterozoic Spektakel Suite for the timing of the Namaqua Orogeny in the Bushmanland Subprovince of the Namaqua-Natal Metamorphic Province, South Africa

2018

P.H. Macey, R.H. Bailie, J.A. Miller, R.J. Thomas, C. de Beer, D. Frei, P.J. le Roux

Regional folding, low-angle thrusting and permeability networks: Structural controls of gold mineralization in the Hope reef at Fairview Mine, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

2018

J. Gloyn-Jones and A. Kisters

Orebody geometry, fluid and metal sources of the Omitiomire Cu deposit in the Ekuja Dome of the Damara Belt in Namibia

2018

S. Kitt, A. Kisters, T. Vennemann, N. Steven

Associate

Structural, geochronological and P-T constraints on subduction-accretion processes in a Pan-African accretionary wedge – The Deep Level Southern Zone of the Damara Belt in Namibia

2018

S. Kitt, A. Kisters, I. Buick, J. Kramers

Associate

Structural controls on Fe mineralization at Thabazimbi Mine, South Africa

2017

I.J. Basson and C. Koegelenberg

Ore-structure relationships at Sishen Mine, Northern Cape, Republic of South Africa, based on fully-constrained implicit 3D modelling

2017

I.J. Basson, C.J. Anthonissen, M.J. McCall, B. Stoch, J. Britz, J. Deacon, M. Strydom, E. Cloete, J. Botha, M. Bester, D. Nel

Origin and evolution of the ~ 1.9 Ga Richtersveld Magmatic Arc, SW Africa

2017

P.H. Macey, R.J. Thomas, H.M. Minnaar, P.G. Gresse, C.W. Lambert, C. A. Groenewald, J.A. Miller, J. Indongo, M. Angombe, G. Shifotoka, D. Frei, J. F. A. Diener, A. F. M. Kisters, T. Dhansay, H. Smith, S. Doggart, P. Le Roux, M. I. Hartnady, C. Tinguely

3D implicit modeling of the Sishen Mine: new resolution of the geometry and origin of Fe mineralization

2017

B. Stoch, C. J. Anthonissen, M-J. McCall, I. J. Basson, J. Deacon, E. Cloete, J. Botha, J. Britz, M. Strydom, D. Nel, M. Bester

Structural analysis and 3D modelling of major mineralizing structures at the Phalaborwa copper deposit

2017

I. Basson, P. Lourens, H-D. Paetzold, S. Thomas, R. Brazier, P. Molabe

Origin and evolution of the ̴1.9 Ga Richtersveld Magmatic Arc, SW Africa

2017

P. H. Macey, A. F. Kisters and others

Associate

Tectonic switches and the exhumation of deep-crustal granulites during Neoarchean terrane accretion in the area around Grædefjord, SW Greenland

2017

A. Dziggel, T. F. Kokfelt, J. Kolb, A. F. M. Kisters, R. Reifenrother

Associate

Structural interpretation of the Steenkampskraal monazite deposit, Western Cape, South Africa

2016

I. J. Basson, J. A. Muntingh, B. C. Jellicoe, C. J. Anthonissen

Structural analysis and implicit 3D modelling of high-grade host rocks to the Venetia kimberlite diatremes, Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, South Africa

2016

I. J. Basson, P.K. Creus, C.J. Anthonissen, B. Stoch, J. Ekkerd

Structural controls of fluid flow and gold mineralization in the easternmost parts of the Karagwe-Ankole Belt of north-western Tanzania

2016

C. Koegelenberg, A. F. M. Kisters, C. Harris

Mid-crustal shear zone development under retrograde conditions: pressure–temperature–fluid constraints from the Kuckaus Mylonite Zone, Namibia

2016

J.F.A. Diener, A. Fagereng and S.A.J. Thomas

From steep feeders to tabular plutons e Emplacement controls of syntectonic granitoid plutons in the Damara Belt, Namibia

2016

D. Hall, A. Kisters

Associate

Shear-zone hosted copper mineralisation of the Omitiomire deposit – Structural controls of fluid flow and mineralisation during subduction accretion in the Pan-African Damara Belt of Namibia

2016

S. Kitt, A. Kisters, N. Stevens, K. Maiden, K. Hartmann

Associate

Episodic granite accumulation and extraction from the mid crust

2016

D. Hall, A. Kisters

Associate

Magma accumulation and segregation during regional-scale folding: The Holland’s dome granite injection complex, Damara belt, Namibia

2016

T. Kruger, A. Kisters

Associate

U–Pb detrital zircon and ³⁹Ar-⁴⁰Ar muscovite ages from the eastern parts of the Karagwe-Ankole Belt: Tracking Paleoproterozoic basin formation and Mesoproterozoic crustal amalgamation along the western margin of the Tanzania Craton

2015

C. Koegelenberg, A. F. M. Kisters, J. D. Kramers, D. Frei

Age and tectonic significance of the volcanic Bloubergstrand member in the pan-African Saldania Belt, South Africa

2015

A. F. M. Kisters, C. Agenbach, D. Frei

Associate

Tectonic wedging, back-thrusting and basin development in the frontal parts of the Mesoproterozoic Karagwe-Ankole belt in NW Tanzania

2014

C. Koegelenberg and A. F. M. Kisters

Silica gel in a fault slip surface: Field evidence for palaeo-earthquakes?

2014

C. Faber, C. D. Rowe, J. A. Miller, A. Fagereng, J. H. Neethling

Geology of the Monapo Klippe, NE Mozambique and its significance for assembly of central Gondwana

2013

P.H.Macey, J. A. Miller, C. D. Rowe, G. H. Grantham, P. Siegfried, R. A. Armstrong, J. Kemp, J. Bacalau

Eastward transport of the Monapo Klippe, Mozambique determined from field kinematics and computed tomography and implications for late tectonics in central Gondwana

2013

J. A. Miller, C. Faber, C. D. Rowe, P. H. Macey, A. du Plessis

Signature of coseismic decarbonation in dolomitic fault rocks of the Naukluft Thrust, Namibia

2012

C. D. Rowe, A. Fagereng, J. A. Miller, B. Mapani

The structural, metamorphic and temporal evolution of the country rocks surrounding Venetia Mine, Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Evidence for a single palaeoproterozoic tectono-metamorphic event with implications for a tectonic model

2011

M. J. Rigby, I. J. Basson, J. D. Kramers, P. Gräser, P. K. Mavimbela

Provenance and tectonic significance of the Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary successions of central and northern Madagascar

2011

B. De Waele, R. J. Thomas, P. H. Macey, M. S. A. Horstwood, R. D. Tucker, P. E. J. Pitfield, D. I. Schofield, K. M. Goodenough, W. Bauer, R. M. Key, C. J. Potter, R. A. Armstrong, J. A. Miller, T. Randriamananjara, V. Ralison, J. M. Rafahatelo, M. Rabarimanana, M.Bejoma

The largest volcanic eruptions on Earth

2010

S. E. Bryan. I. U. Peate, D. W. Peate, S. Self, D. A. Jerram, M. R. Mawby, J. S. Marsh, J. A. Miller

Continental growth and convergence-related arc plutonism in the Mesoarchaean: Evidence from the Barberton granitoid-greenstone terrain, South Africa

2010

A. F. M. Kisters, R. W. Belcher, M. Poujol, A. Dziggel

Associate

New U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar ages from the northern margin of the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa: Implications for the formation of Mesoarchaean Gold deposits

2010

A. Dziggel, M. Poujol, A. Otta, A. F.M. Kisters, M. Trieloff, W. H. Schwarz, F. M. Meyer

Associate

Granite-cored domes and gold mineralisation: Architectural and geodynamic controls around the Archaean Scotia-Kanowna Dome, Kalgoorlie Terrane, Western Australia

2010

B. K. Davis, R. S. Blewett, R. Squire, D. C. Champion, P. A. Henson

Associate

Melt segregation and far-field melt transfer in the mid-crust

2009

A.F.M. Kisters, R.A. Ward, C.J. Anthonissen, M.E. Vietze

Associate

Oxygen, carbon and strontium isotope constraints on the mechanisms of nappe emplacement and fluid–rock interaction along the subhorizontal Naukluft Thrust, central Namibia

2008

J. A. Miller, G. Viola, N. S. Mancktelow

Petrogenesis of the Swaziland and Northern Natal Rhyolites of the Lebombo Rifted Volcanic Margin, South East Africa

2007

J. A. Miller, C. Harris

Albite vein formation during exhumation of high-pressure terranes: a case study from alpine Corsica

2006

J. A. Miller, I. Cartwright

The Merensky Cyclic Unit and its impact on footwall cumulates below Normal and Regional Pothole reef types in the Western Bushveld Complex

2006

M. D. Roberts, D. L. Reid, J. A. Miller, I. J. Basson, M. Roberts, D. Smith

Shape and distribution analysis of Merensky Reef potholing, Northam Platinum Mine, western Bushveld Complex: implications for pothole formation and growth

2006

D. S. Smith and I. J. Basson

Cyclic frictional-viscous slip oscillations along the base of an advancing nappe complex: Insights into brittle-ductile nappe emplacement mechanisms from the Naukluft Nappe Complex, central Namibia

2006

G. Viola, N. S. Mancktelow, J. A. Miller

Reconstructing the event stratigraphy from the complex structural – stratigraphic architecture of an Archaean volcanic – intrusive – sedimentary succession: the Boorara Domain, Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia

2006

J. Trofimovs , B. K. Davis , R. A. F. Cas , M. E. Barley, G. I. Tripp

Associate

Structural evolution and tectonic context of the Mfongosi Group, Natal thrust front, Tugela terrane, South Africa

2005

I. J. Basson, M. K. Watkeys, D. Phillips

Detrital zircon provenance constraints on the evolution of the Harts Range Metamorphic Complex (central Australia): links to the Centralian Superbasin

2005

I. S. Buick, M. Hand, I. S. Williams, J. Mawby, J. A. Miller, R. S. Nicoll

Genesis of Palaeoproterozoic iron skarns in the Misi region, northern Finland

2005

T. Niiranen, I. Mänttäri, M. Poutiainen, N. H. S. Oliver, J. A. Miller

Timing of Uralian orogenic gold mineralization at Kochkar in the evolution of the East Uralian Granite-Gneiss Terrane

2005

J. Kolb, S. Sindern, A. F. M Kisters, F. M. Meyer, S. Hoernes, J. Schneider

Associate

Controls of gold-quartz vein formation during regional folding in amphibolite facies, marble-dominated metasediments of the Navachab Gold Mine in the Pan-African Damara Belt, Namibia

2005

A. F. M. Kisters

Associate

Normal reef subfacies of the Merensky Reef at Northam Platinum Mine, Zwartklip facies, Western Bushveld, South Africa

2004

D. S. Smith, I. J. Basson, D. L. Reid

Geochemical Correlation Between Metasediments of the Mfongosi Group of the Natal Sector of the Namaqua-Natal Metamorphic Province, South Africa and the Ahlmannryggen Group of the Grunehogna Province, Antarctica

2004

I. J. Basson, S. Perritt, M. K. Watkeys, A. H. Menzies

The Rössing Uranium Deposit: a product of late-kinematic localization of uraniferous granites in the Central Zone of the Damara Orogen, Namibia

2004

I. J. Basson and G. Greenway

Passive kimberlite intrusion into actively dilating dyke-fracture arrays: evidence from fibrous calcite veins and extensional fracture cleavage

2004

I.J. Basson and G. Viola

Preferential distribution along transcontinental corridors of kimberlites and related rocks of Southern Africa

2004

H. A. Jelsma, M. J. de Wit, C. Thiart, P. H. G. M. Dirks, G. Viola, I. J. Basson, E. Anckar

Contemporaneous ultramafic and felsic intrusive and extrusive magmatism in the Archaean Boorara Domain, Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia, and its implications

2004

J. Trofimovs, B. K. Davis, R. A. F. Cas

Associate

Carbon and U–Pb evidence for a Palaeoproterozoic crustal component in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa

2003

I. S. Buick, I. S. Williams, R. L. Gibson, I. Cartwright, J. A. Miller

Structural overview of selected Group II kimberlite dyke arrays in South Africa: implications for kimberlite emplacement mechanisms

2003

I.J. Basson and G. Viola

Tectonic implications from the geochemistry of Mfongosi Group metasediments, Natal Metamorphic Province, South Africa

2003

I. J. Basson and M. K. Watkeys

Archaean orogen-parallel extension: evidence from the northern Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Craton

2003

B. K. Davis, E. Maidens

Associate

Iron-rich ultramafic pegmatite replacement within the Upper Critical Zone, Rustenburg Layered Suite, Northam Platinum Mine, South Africa

2002

D. L. Reid and I. J. Basson

A Single Late Orogenic Permian Episode of Gold Mineralization in the Hodgkinson Province, North Queensland, Australia

2002

B. K. Davis, C. C. Bell, M. Lindsay, R. A. Henderson

Associate

An O-isotope profile through the HP–LT Corsican ophiolite, France and its implications for fluid flow during subduction

2001

J. A. Miller, I. Cartwright, I. S. Buick, A. C. Barnicoat

Continental reactivation and reworking: an introduction

2001

R. E. Holdsworth, M. Hand, J. A. Miller, I. S. Buick

Ordovician high-grade metamorphism of a newly recognised late Neoproterozoic terrane in the northern Harts Range, central Australia

2001

I. S. Buick, J. A. Miller, I. S. Williams, I. Cartwright

Stratigraphic and Structural Setting of Selected Gold and Base Metal Deposits in the Natal Thrust Front, South Africa

2000

I. J. Basson and M. K. Watkeys

Large-scale fluid flow patterns within the Corsican Ophiolite

2000

J. A. Miller, I. Cartwright

Textural implications of high-pressure fluid flow controlled by pre-subduction deformation and alteration patterns

2000

J. A. Miller, I. S. Buick, I. Cartwright

Structural controls on lode-gold mineralization by mafic dykes in late-Paleozoic granitoids of the Kochkar district, southern Urals, Russia

2000

A. F. M Kisters, F. M. Meyer, S. E. Znamensky, I. B. Seravkin, R. G. W. Ertl, A. M. Kosarev

Associate

Hydrologic segmentation of high-temperature shear zones: structural, geochemical and isotopic evidence from auriferous mylonites of the Renco Mine, Zimbabwe

2000

A. F. M Kisters, J. Kolb, F. M. Meyer, S. Hoemes

Associate

The geological setting of lode-gold deposits in the central southern Urals: a review

1999

A. F. M Kisters, F. M. Meyer, I. B. Seravkin, S. E. Znamensky, A. M. Kosarev, R. G. W. Ertl

Associate

Syn-orogenic extensional and contractional deformation related to granite emplacement in the northern Tasman Orogenic Zone, Australia

1999

B. K. Davis, R. A. Henderson

Associate

Gold Mineralization in High-Grade Metamorphic Shear Zones of the Renco Mine, Southern Zimbabwe

1998

A. F. M. Kisters, J. Kolb, F. M. Mayer

Associate

The role of strain localization in the segregation and ascent of anatectic melts, Namaqualand, South Africa

1998

A. F. M Kisters, R. L. Gibson, E. G. Charlesworth, C. R. Anhaeusser

Associate

Relationships between gold concentration and structure in quartz veins from the Hodgkinson Province, northeastern Australia

1998

B. K. Davis, J. F. M. Hippertt

Associate

Granulite facies metamorphism in the Mallee Bore area, northern Harts Range: implications for the thermal evolution of the eastern Arunta Inlier, central Australia

1997

J. A. Miller, I. Cartwright, I. S. Buick

Early meteoric fluid flow in high-grade, low –¹⁸O gneisses from the Mallee Bore area, northern Harts Range, central Australia

1997

J. A. Miller, I. Cartwright

The geology of the Lega Dembi gold deposit, southern Ethiopia: Implications for Pan-African gold exploration

1997

A.Y. Billay, A.F.M. Kisters, F.M. Meyer, J. Schneider

Associate

Regional slaty cleavage formation and fold axis rotation by re-use and reactivation of pre-existing foliations: the Fiery Creek Slate Belt, North Queensland

1994

B. K. Davis, A. Forde

Associate

Mineralogical and geochemical variations in the UG2 reef at Booysendal and Zondereinde mines, with implications for beneficiation of PGM

2016

M. J. McCall, J. A. Miller, I. J. Basson, D. Smith, M. Becker

X-ray Computed Tomography – Determination of Rapid Scanning Parameters for Geometallurgical Analysis of Iron Ore

2016

L. C. Bam, J. A. Miller, M. Becker, F. C. de Beer, I. J. Basson

X-ray Computed Tomography – a Geometallurgical Tool for 3D Textural Analysis of Drill Core?

2016

M. Becker, M. A. Jardine, J. A. Miller, M. Harris

Definition of Geotechnical Design Sectors in Structurally-Controlled Anisotropic Environments: Apparent Dip Analysis of Bedding within Fault-Bounded Blocks at Jwaneng Mine, Botswana

2015

I. J. Basson, K. Gabanakgosi, O, Mogorosi, M. Bester

A practical methodology to define geotechnical design sectors in structurally-controlled anisotropic environments

2015

M. Bester, I. J. Basson, C. Koegelenberg

The application of XCT in determining the 3-D environment of in-situ PGM grains and associated minerals from the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

2014

M. J. McCall, J. A. Miller, I. J. Basson, A. du Plessis, D. Smith

Application of XCT in determining the 3-D environment of PGM and sulphide minerals in the Bushveld Complex

2014

M. J. McCall, J. A. Miller, I. J. Basson, A. du Plessis, D. Smith

An Experimental Investigation of Potential Sulphide Magma Evolution Mechanisms relevant to the Merensky Reef in the Bushveld Complex

2012

C. Koegelenberg, L. M. Theron, G. Stevens

Mechanisms contributing to Sulphide Fractionation: Evidence for Sulphide Melt Percolation and Compositional Variation relevant to The Bushveld Complex, South Africa – Implications for Platinum Mineralization

2012

C. Koegelenberg, L. M. Theron, G. Stevens

Lateral persistence of the Merensky Cyclic Unit and the significance of footwall reconstitution within normal to Regional Pothole Reef types in the Bushveld Complex (Presentation)

2006

D. L. Reid, M. D. Roberts, J. A. Miller, I. J. Basson, M. Roberts, D. Smith

Shape and distribution of FWP2 potholing on the Merensky Reef, Northam Platinum Mine: Implications for pothole formation and growth

2005

D. S. Smith, I. J. Basson

Syn-tectonic/Syn-emplacement Fibrous Calcite Veins in Kimberlite Dyke-fracture Arrays: Implications for Intrusion Mechanisms (Poster)

2004

I. J. Basson, G. Viola, J. A. Miller

Passive Kimberlitic Fluid Emplacement into dilating Dyke-fracture systems in South Africa

2003

I. J. Basson and G. Viola

Rössing Uranium Mine, Namibia: Insights into its Genesis from Structural Mapping and Ore Body Modeling (Presentation)

2002

G. Greenway and I. J. Basson

Rapid Kimberlitic Fluid Extraction from the Lithospheric Mantle (Poster)

2002

I. J. Basson, H. Jelsma, G. Viola

Rapid Kimberlitic Fluid Extraction from the Lithospheric Mantle (Presentation)

2002

I. J. Basson, H. Jelsma, G. Viola

Rössing Uranium Mine, Namibia: Insights into its Genesis from Structural Mapping and Ore Body Modeling

2002

G. Greenway and I. J. Basson

Normal Merensky Reef in Proximity to the Regional Pothole Sub-Facies of the Zwartklip Facies, Upper Critical Zone, Western Bushveld Complex

2002

D. S. Smith, I. J. Basson, D. L. Reid

Kimberlitic fluid extraction from the lithospheric mantle due to rapid deviatoric stress orientation changes during the Cretaceous: The South African Context (Poster)

2002

I. J. Basson, H. Jelsma, G. Viola

Dykes formed by replacement and re-melting of the Rustenburg Layered Suite, Bushveld Complex

2001

D. L. Reid, I. J. Basson, D. J. Anderson

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