Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Earth Sciences) by Title
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On the sedimentation of the Table Mountain Group in the Western Cape Province
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1967-11)INTRODUCTION: This dissertation aims to illuminate some surprises which the deceptively uncomplicated Table Mountain sandstone had long been harbouring in its kloofs and cliffs . The major contributions of this first ... -
Petrogenesis of S-type granites : the example of the Cape Granite Suite
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: S-type granite intrusions are extremely common in the continental crust and form from the partial melting of metasediments. Compositions of S-type granite range from leucogranite to granodiorite and have ... -
The petrogenesis of the older (> 3.0 Ga) potassic granitoids of eastern Mpumalanga (South Africa) and Swaziland : an investigation of crustal formation processes in the early Earth
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Earth’s oldest preserved granitoid crust dates back to the Paleoarchean and consists predominantly of sodic tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) granitoids that arose through the partial melting ... -
Petrology and mineral chemistry of sulphide ores and associated metalliferous rocks of the Gamsberg Zn-Pb deposit, South Africa : implications for ore genesis and mineral exploration
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Gamsberg Zn-Pb deposit is a metamorphosed and multiply deformed sediment-hosted base metal deposit in the central Namaqua Province of South Africa. The deposit is hosted by the Bushmanland Group, a ... -
The processes of melt segregation, magma ascent and pluton emplacement in the continental crust of the Damara Belt, Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Theoretical models of meso- and macroscale granitic melt/magma transport commonly invoke a prominent role for dilatant fracturing of the wall rocks, but supporting field evidence is in many cases only ... -
Provenance of alluvial diamonds in Southern Africa : a morphological and mineral chemistry study of diamonds and related heavy minerals from the Vaalorange system and the West Coast
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The discovery of lucrative diamond deposits along the west coast of Southern Africa about 1200 kilometres from the Kimberley region during the period 1908 to 1927, gave rise to a number of different ... -
Repeated partial melting events in the polymetamorphic Carlos Chagas batholith : implications for the tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Araçuaí orogen (southeastern Brazil)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Araçuaí orogen (AO), located in the southeastern Brazil, and its African counterpart, the West Congo belt, is part of the Pan-African-Brasiliano orogenic system developed between the Congo and São ... -
Structure and evolution of basin and petroleum systems within a transformrelated passive margin setting : data-based insights from crust-scale 3D modelling of the Western Bredasdorp Basin, offshore South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the crustal structure, and assesses the qualitative and quantitative impacts of crust-mantle dynamics on subsidence pattern, past and present-day thermal field and petroleum system ... -
Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Swartland region and aspects of orogenic lode-gold mineralisation in the Pan-African Saldania Belt, Western Cape, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Swartland region in the western Cape, South Africa, covers approximately 5000 km2 and forms part of the Pan-African Saldania Belt that represents the southernmost extremity of the Pan-African ... -
Using distributive surface water and groundwater modelling techniques to quantify groundwater recharge and baseflow for the Verlorenvlei estuarine system, west coast, South Africa.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: For effective management of groundwater resources, recharge rates and baseflow volumes need to be quantified to determine sustainable abstraction regimes and to quantify the ecological reserve, the amount ...
