Honours Students in the School of Geosciences in 2012

Delineation of the zones of influence around geological structures and their associated impact on grade at Wessels manganese mine.

The project is supervised by Prof. Kinnaird.

Eliot, A.

An investigation into gold and uranium deposition within the Pretorius Fault Zone and the adjacent Carbon Leader Reef at TauTona.

The project is supervised by Prof. Drennan.

Mineralogical and lithological characterization of the lower body manganese ore bed at the Middelplaats Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field.

The project is supervised by Dr. Jinnah.

Kgatle, M.

The radionuclides and heavy metals recorded in the peat deposits of the Klipriver Wetland

The project is supervised by Prof. McCarthy.

Khambule, N.

An investigation into the characteristics of the 'C' reef in the DW area, Great Noligwa Mine

The project is supervised by Prof. Drennan.

An investigation into the characteristics of the 'C' reef in the DW area, Great Noligwa Mine.

The project is supervised by Prof. Drennan

Mabaso, R.

Masala, L.

Geochemistry of possible immiscibility structures in Ventersdorp lavas.

The project is supervised by Prof. Cawthorn.

Masindi, K.

Surface and groundwater interaction study through stream discharge measurement in the Johannesburg area.

The project is supervised by Prof. Abiye.

 Modelling of the formation of apatite-rich layers in the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex.

The project is supervised by Prof. Cawthorn.

Pyroxene spinifex and komatiitic basalt units in the BARB1 drill core of the ICDP Barberton drilling project.

The project is supervised by Prof. Wilson.

Petrology and geochemistry of komatiite flows from the ICDP core.

The project is supervised by Prof. Wilson.

Munyai, R.

An investigation of mineralogy and petrology of kimberlite pipes and their nodules on farm Ysteivarts Poort, Loxton Area, Northern Cape.

The project is supervised by Prof. Ashwal and Prof. Kinnaird.

Mzili, S.

Petrogenesis of a thick Karoo dolerite sill: evidence for possible immiscible sulphide liquid separation.

The project is supervised by Prof. Cawthorn.

Facies successions in the Gamka Formation, Cape Supergroup.

The project is supervised by Dr. Jinnah.

Petrography, geochemistry and structure of the Pissila batholiths and Saaba Zone gneisses

The project is supervised by Prof. Ncube-Hein and Prof. Saalman.

A petrologic investigation ofthe No 4 seam at New Denmark colliery

The project is supervised by Prof. Drennan and Dr. Wegner

Nature and origin of mineralization within the Main Zone of the North End of the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex.

The project is supervised by Prof. Kinnaird.

 Wavelet-based cross-correlation analyses of various stock-market indices

The project is supervised by Prof. Cooper.

In-Stope Monitoring of the Response of the Rock Mass to Mining.

The project is supervised by Prof. Durrheim and Dr. Milev (CSIR)

High resolution reflection seismics for engineering applications.

The project is supervised by Prof. Durrheim.

Lightning Induced Remanent Magnetization in the Lesotho Mountains.

The project is supervised by Dr. Webb.

 A seismic refraction study at the Dayspring Childrens village.

The project is supervised by Prof. Durrheim, Dr. Webb and Dr. Jones.

 Implementing a linearised least-squares method to aid in interpreting potential field data caused by geometrically simple sources.

The project is supervised by Prof. Cooper.