Browsing Masters Degrees (Geology) by Title
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The assessment of groundwater quality in rural communities : two case studies from KwaZulu-Natal.
(1998)The health and life expectancy of populations in developing countries is largely determined by the availability of good quality drinking water. Boreholes and springs generally provide water of better microbiological ... -
Assessment of the permeability of Vryheid formation sediments.
(1994)Permeability is that physical property of a porous medium that controls the flow of fluids through that medium. The flow of methane and water may be induced by the excavation of a mine opening in methane-bearing strata. ... -
The bathymetry, sedimentology and seismic stratigraphy of Lake Sibaya- Northern KwaZulu-Natal.
(1998)The morphology of Lake Sibaya is a product of an ancient fluvial system that drained a coastal landscape dominated by aeolian processes. The sedimentary processes within the lake are driven by wind generated currents. ... -
Catchment hydrological modelling using ArcSWAT : a study of the Ingula pumped storage scheme (IPSS) catchments, South Africa.
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Characterisation of geotechnical, geochemical and metallurgical properties for mine-to-mill optimisation at Sandsloot open pit platinum mine, South Africa
(2008)Sandsloot open pit mine extracts platinum, copper and nickel from the Platreef orebody in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. At present, it is the world's largest open pit platinum mine, but it is one of the smaller ... -
Characterisation of groundwater and surface water interaction in the eThekwini Metropolitan District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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A combined sedimentological-mineralogical study of sediment-hosted gold and uranium mineralization at Denny Dalton, Pongola Supergroup, South Africa.
(2009)The ~2.98 - 2.87 Ga Pongola Supergroup in South Africa is subdivided into the lower volcano-sedimentary Nsuze Group, and the upper sedimentary Mozaan Group, the latter comprising a several kilometres thick succession of ... -
Conventional hydrogeological, hydrochemical and environmental isotope study of the Sandspruit River Catchment, Berg River Basin, South Africa.
(2012)The Sandspruit River catchment, found within the heart of the Swartland region is infamous for wheat and wine production. Variable groundwater quality and low productivity is encountered within the folded and fractured ... -
Defining the spectral characteristics of rocks within the Mambulu Complex, Natal Belt, South Africa.
(2012)Field and laboratory spectroscopy are sub-fields of remote sensing, where the radiometric data of materials are individually measured either where the materials occur in situ or in a controlled laboratory environment. Both ... -
Foraminiferal distribution in unconsolidated sediment associated with a marginal coral reef in South Africa.
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The genesis of the quartz-sericite schists of the Toggekry Formation, Nondweni Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
(2013)The aim of this study was to investigate the origin of sulphide-bearing quartz sericite-schists of the Toggekry Formation in the Archaean Nondweni greenstone belt (NGB) in the SE Kaapvaal craton, and to compare them with ... -
A geochemical study of the Theta Reef of the Frankfort Mining Complex in the Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest Goldfield South Africa.
(2015)For over a century the Sabie-Pilgrim’s Rest Goldfield has been one of the most important gold producers in South Africa. The epigenetic gold deposits are situated at the eastern escarpment of the Eastern Transvaal ... -
A geological and hydrogeological study of the Shu Shu thermal springs, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2013)The Shu Shu thermal springs are located in central KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa at an altitude of 250m above mean sea level at the bottom of the Tugela Valley. They have been investigated in an attempt to ascertain ... -
The geology and geochemistry of the Rooi Rand Dyke Swarm.
(1996)The Jurassic Rooi Rand dolerite dyke swarm was emplaced sub-parallel to the Lebombo Monocline during the initial stages of Gondwana breakup. The dykes extend northwards from the southern Lebombo region in northern ... -
The geology and geochemistry of the volcanic rocks of the Pongola sequence in southern Swaziland.
(1993)The ~3.0 Ga Pongola Sequence, comprising a lower dominantly volcanic Nsuze Group and an upper largely sedimentary Mozaan Group, crops out in the Mahlangatsha and Kubuta areas of southern Swaziland. The Nsuze Group consists ... -
The geology and rock mass quality of the Cenozoic Kalahari Group, Nchwaning Mine Northern Cape.
(2002)With the extension of the Nchwaning Mine shaft complex in the Northern Cape Province, various geological and geotechnical complications needed to be identified in order to ensure correct use of tunnelling methods and ... -
The geology and tectonic setting of the Shashe-Foley-Tonota area (Central Motloutse Complex), NE Botswana.
(2013)The well-developed NE-SW structural grain of the Shashe, Foley and Tonota (SFT) region is used to separate it from the NW-SE trending structures that characterise the Matsitama belt and adjacent area previously described ... -
The geology of the Ngoye granite gneiss formation.
(1985)The Ngoye Granite Gneiss Formation is located in the Natal sector of the Proterozoic Namaqua-Natal Mobile Belt, about 10 km southwest of Empangeni. It forms a prominent east-west trending elongate whalebacked massif some ... -
Geotechnical characterization and slope stability analyses of the Town Bush Valley, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
(2018)The construction of settlements over zones of instability is increasing the impact of disasters across the world both in developed and developing nations. Many areas in the greater Pietermaritzburg region in South Africa, ... -
Hydrochemical characterisation of Northern KwaZulu-Natal historic coal mining districts, Northeastern South Africa.
(2018)This M.Sc. dissertation reports the results of a hydrogeochemical study undertaken on historical coal mining districts of northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province, South Africa. The research catchment covers an area of about ...