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Controls of auriferous reefs in the Sheba-Fairview Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa - Caitlin Jones​

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Structural controls of gold bearing fractures within the Sheba-Fairview complex, focusing on Fig tree and Onverwacht Group hosted structures, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa - Lucas Pintos Cerda

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Constraints on the metamorphic record of metapelitic xenoliths in the Peninsula pluton including the size and temperature of the magma batches that constructed the pluton - Jared Muller


MSc students & thesis title 2021

​Bromwich
Jade
​​Seasonal com​​parison of phytoplankton community composition in the Atlantic and Indian sectors of the Southern OceansS Fietz​​​
​Chingwari​Steve​Gold deportment in the Witswatersrand tailings: Emphasis on invisible gold in detrital sulphidesB von der Heyden​
​Cupido​IvanaTesting the ability of element to mineral conversion to predict ore variability  J Miller​
De JonghTara
Determination of dissolved aluminium in seawater by a Lab-On-Valve method coupled with solid phase extraction and fluorescence detection.AN Roychoudhury
​Ellis
Nadine​Trace metal cycling and seasonality in the Southern Ocean​​​
AN Roychoudhury
Fest
HelenaAn investigation of partial melting and magma mingling in the Dalradian series of eastern Scotland
​G Stevens
Gcakasi
Nolitha
Relating groundwater 87Sr/86Sr ratios and their characteristics with bedrock geology in the Berg River Valley, Western Cape South Africa 
​​​J Miller​
​Hartman​Anton​Bulk liquid estimate for the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, based on shape modellingM Klausen​
​Hoffman​Sean​Trace element modelling, a new approach to studying plutonism: S-type granite petrogenesis & the origing of supposed late-arriving magma to the peninsular plutonM Mayne​
Jones
Caitlin
Controls of auriferous reefs in the Sheba-Fairview Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa ​
​​​A Kisters

Mafilika

Siyabulela

The use of isotope tracers to understand the physical processes that impact groundwater sustainability, West Coast, South Africa
J Miller​
​Mkandla
Andile​
The distribution and cycling of Molybdenum in the Southern Ocean ​AN Roychoudhury
​Muller
​Jared
Constraints on the metamorphic record of metapelitic xenoliths in the Peninsula pluton including the size and temperature of the magma batches that constructed the pluton
​G Stevens
​Nenweli​Ritshidze​Evaluating groundwater depletion in the Western Cape using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite dataR Chow​
​Pintos Cerda
Lucas​Structural controls of gold bearing fractures within the Sheba-Fairview complex, focusing on Fig tree and Onverwacht Group hosted structures, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa​A Kisters​
​Plavy Ntsiele
Legran​Petrography, geochemistry and geochronology of mafic and felsic rocks of the Ntem Craton (Congo Brazzaville)
M Klausen​
​Ramudzuli
Edson​
Groundwater recharge characterisation using 222 Rn isotopes ​
J Miller
​Rosenfels
Ryan​
Sulphide geochemistry in the Fungurume 88 Co-Cu depositB von der Heyden
​Tshibalanganda
Muofhe​
Quantifying microfossils for petroleum exploration using X-ray computed tomography: a new approach in applied micropaleontology​

B von der Heyden​
Van BredaIsabellaX-ray tomography of heavy mineral sands for improved mining operations
​​​R Heyn
​Van der Merwe
​Michelle​X-ray micro-computed tomography approach to the characterization of coloured gemstones​R Heyn
​Waku​Yann
​Genesis and Evolution of Ore-Forming Fluid of the Orogenic Gold Deposit in the Kibali District, Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo​
B von der Heyden​
​Werle
Mariana​
Petrogenesis of the Aigoual Pluton of the Massif Central in France​​
G Stevens
​Wium
​Emtia
​Assessing the links between algae, microbes and trace metals in the Southern Ocean incl. potentially toxic effects
​S Fietz


 

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​Harry Lines

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Jonathan Gloyn-Jones