Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Earth Sciences) by Title
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The low-pressure partial-melting behaviour of natural boron-bearing metapelites from the Mt Stafford area, Central Australia
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study has examined the 3 kbar partial melting behaviour of 4 metapelites collected from the highest grade rocks occurring below the anatectic zone of the Mt Stafford area, Arunta Inlier, central ... -
The metamorphic and anatectic history of Archaean metapelitic granulites from the South Marginal Zone, Limpopo Belt, South Africa.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Anatexis is the first step in granite genesis. Partial melting in the lower crust may produce leucoratic features of unusual chemical compositions, very different from the final products of crustal ... -
Modern-ocean ground-truthing of planktic foraminifer nitrogen isotopes : a proxy for surface ocean nutrient conditions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The nitrogen (N) isotope ratios (δ15N) of organic matter trapped within the fossil shells of planktic foraminifera, upper-ocean dwelling zooplankton, are providing a new lens through which to examine the ... -
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 ...
