PROF Carl Anhaeusser

Selected Publications

• Anhaeusser, C.R. (1984).Structural elements of Archaean granite-greenstone terranes as exemplified by the Barberton Mountain Land, southern Africa. In: Kroner,A. and Greiling,R. (Eds.), Precambrian Tectonics Illustrated, E.Schweizerbart sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 57-78.
• Anhaeusser, C.R. (1985). Archaean layered ultramafic complexes in the Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa. In: Ayres, L.D., Thurston, P.C., Card, K.D. and Weber, W. (Eds.), Evolution of Archaean Supracrustal Sequences. Geol. Assoc. Canada Spec. Paper 28,281-301
• Anhaeusser, C.R. (1986). Archaean gold mineralization in the Barberton Mountain Land. In: Anhaeusser,C.R. and Maske,S.(Eds.),Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, Vol. I. Geol. Soc.South Africa,113-154
• Kisters, A.F.M., Charlesworth, E.G., Gibson, R.L. & Anhaeusser, C.R . (1995). Steep structure formation in the Okiep Copper District, South Africa: bulk inhomogeneous shortening of a high-grade metamorphic granite-gneiss sequence. J Struct Geol, 18(6), 735-751.
• Kisters, A.F.M., Charlesworth, E.G., Gibson, R.L. & Anhaeusser, C.R. (1995). The relationship between antiformal and monoclinal steep structures in the Okiep Copper District, Namaqualand: A case study. S Afr J Geol, 99 (2), 185-196.
• Kisters, A.F.M. & Anhaeusser, C.R. (1995). The structural significance of the Steynsdorp pluton and anticline wihtin the tectono-magmatic framework of the Barberton Mountainland. S Afr J Geol, 98 (1), 43-51.
• Kisters, A.F.M. & Anhaeusser, C.R. (1995). Emplacement features of Archaean TTG plutons along the southern margin of the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Precam Res, 75, 1-15.
• Anhaeusser, C.R., Editor (1997). A Century of Geological Endeavour in Southern Africa 1895-1995. Geological Society of South Africa, 587 pp.
• Anhaeusser, C.R. & Walraven, F. (1998). Polyphase crustal evolution of the Archaean Kr ipan granite-greenstone terrane, K pv l Craton, South Africa. J Afr Ear Sci, 28 (2), 289-309.
• Wilson, M.G.C. & Anhaeusser,C.R., Editors (1998). The Mineral Resources of South Africa. Handbook, Council for Geoscience, 16, 740pp.
• Anhaeusser, C. R. (1999). Archaean crustal evolution of the central K pv l Craton, South Africa: evidence from the Johannesburg Dome. S Afr J Geol, 102(4), 303-322.
• Anhaeusser, C. R. (2001). The anatomy of an extrusive-intrusive Archaean mafic-ultramafic sequence: the Nelshoogte Schist Belt and Stolzburg Layered Ultramafic Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. S Afr J Geol, 104(2),167-204.
• Poujol, M. and Anhaeusser, C. R. (2001). The Johannesburg Dome, South Africa: new single zircon U-Pb isotopic evidence for early Archaean granite- greenstone development within the central K pv l Craton. Precambrian Res., 108, (1/2), 139-158
• Poujol, M., Anhaeusser, C. R. and Armstrong, R.A. (2002). Episodic granitoid emplacement in the Archaean Amalia-Kr ipan terrane, South Africa: confirmation from single zircon U-Pb geochronology. J. Afr. Earth Sci., 35 (2), 147-161.
• Kohler, E. A. and Anhaeusser, C. R. (2002). Geology and geodynamic setting of Archaean silicic metavolcaniclastic rocks of the Bien Venue Formation Fig Tree Group, northeast Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Precambrian Res., 116, (3/4), 199-235.
• Dziggel, A., Stevens, G., Poujol, M., Anhaeusser, C. R. and Armstrong, R. A. (2002). Metamorphism of the granite-greenstone terranesouth of the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa: an insight into the tectono-thermal evolution of the lower portions of the Onverwacht Group. Precambrian Res., 114, 221-247.
• Ishihara, S., Anhaeusser, C. R. and Robb, L. J. (2002). Granitoid-series evaluation of the Archaean Johannesburg Dome granitoids, South Africa. Bull. Geol. Surv. Japan, 53 (1), 1-9.
• Yibas, B., Reimold, W.U., Armstrong, R., Koeberl, C., Anhaeusser, C. R. and Phillips, D. (2002). The tectonostratigraphy, granitoid geochronology and geological evolution of the Precambrian of southern Ethiopia. J. Afr. Earth Sci., 34, 57-84.
• Ishihara, S., Robb, L. J., Anhaeusser, C. R. and Imai, A. (2002). Granitoid series in terms of magnetic susceptibility: a case study from the Barberton region, South Africa. Gondwana Research, 5 (3), 581-589.
• Stevens, G., Droop, G. T. R., Armstrong, R. A. and Anhaeusser, C. R. (2002). Amphibolite facies metamorphism of Fig Tree Group metasediments: a record of the mid-crustal response to 3.23 Ga terrane accretion in the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. S. Afr.J.Geol.,105 (3),271-284.

Research Interests

Crustal evolution, granites, gneisses and migmatites, structural styles and layered mafic complexes of the Archaean; Archaean gold, asbestos and base metal deposits.


Main fields of specialization

Economic geology, Archaean geology