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Kaapvaal Craton Project

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Kaapvaal Craton Data Centre

Introduction

In 1996, a major interdisciplinary, multi-institutional project was started to investigate the origin and evolution of the Kaapvaal craton.  The central goal of this project is to produce a tomographic image of the deep lithospheric roots of this craton, using teleseismics and an array of 82 stations using 50 portable broadband seismometers over a 2-year period.  The instruments were operational between April 1997 and April 1999.  In addition a more detailed teleseismic array was in operation for several months around Kimberley to image a deep region around well-studied and mined kimberlite intrusions.  The data is now in various stages of analysis at different institutions.  The major institutional players in this project are Carnegie Institution, Washington, MIT, Cambridge, and a number of South African counterparts, focussed primarily through UCT's CIGCES, the BPI Geophysics at the University of Witwatersrand, and the kimberlite research group at the University of Cape Town.

A large number of crustal and mantle geology, geochemistry and geophysical projects are linked to this project.  Training and educational opportunities for South African students, especially those from previously disadvantaged backgrounds is built into this program.

http://Kaapbase.geo.uct.ac.za (this is the Kaapvaal Craton Website maintained by the CIGCES)

Scientific workshops are held in Africa on an annual basis. (1997 Cape Town; 1998 Johannesburg; 1999 Vredefort; 2000 planned for Gabron, Botswana and at AGU, Boston, USA, 2001).

Univ of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe	BLENKINSOP Prof Tom,  GORE Jane,   GWAVAVA Dr Oswald,  MUSHAYANDEBVU Dr Martin,   ZENGENI Prof Teddy
Goetz Obversatory, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	EZEKIEL Dr Jonathan,   MUNYIRA Dr Rodgers
Rio Tinto, Zimbabwe	CARTER Kent,   FOX Kevin,   JUTZ Dr Maggie,   REICHHARDT Dr Frieder
Univ of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA	ANHAEUSSER Carl,   BURKHOLDER Peter,   JONES Mike,   KRUGER FJ,  NGUURI Teresia,   NTWANA Mpho,   O'REILLY Tom,   POUJOL Marc,  SIMON Rapelong,   WEBB Sue,   WRIGHT Prof Cedric
De Beers, South Africa	KENNEDY Lindsay,   ROBEY Jock
Anglo American Company, SA	KOSTLIN Eddie,
Green's Geophysics, Ladismith (West Cape) SA	GREEN Dr Rod,
Univ of  Cape Town, SA	BELL Dr David,   BERG Wolfgang,   BURFORD Dennis,   CHINN Dr Ingrid,  DOUCOURE Dr Moctar,   DUNCAN Andy,   FRIMMEL Dr H,   GURNEY Prof John,   HARVEY Josh,   MENZIES Andrew,   MOFOKENG Sipho,   RICHARDSON Dr Steve,  LE ROEX Prof Anton,   SIBAYA Mxolisi,   STANKIEWICZ Jacek,  TREDOUX Dr Marian,   WESTERLUND Kalle,   DE WIT Prof Maarten,   ZARTMAN Bob
Univ of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana	KING Dr James,   KAMPUNZA Dr Henri,   WENDORFF Marek
Univ of Natal, Durban, SA	WILSON Dr Allan
Univ of Durham, Durham, UK	IRINE Gordon,   NOWELL Geoff,   PEARSON Dr Graham,
Massachetts Inst of Tech, Cambridge, MA, USA	BOWRING Dr Sam,   GROTZINGER Prof John,   GROVE Prof Tim,   JORDAN Prof Tom,   SALTZER Rebecca,   SCHMITZ Mark
Carnegie Inst of Washington, Washington, DC, USA	BOYD Dr Joe,   CARLSON Dr Rick,   GAO Dr Shangxing (Steve),   JAMES Dr David, KUEHNEL Randy,   KUEHNEL Adriana,   VAN DER LEE Dr Suzan,   SHIREY Dr Steve,   SILVER Dr Paul,   VAN DECAR Dr John
National Science Foundtion, Arlington, VA, USA	JOHNSON Dr Leonard,   MacGREGOR Dr Ian,   TSUCHITANI Dr Pat
Council for Geosciences, Johannesburg, SA	DE BRUIN Deon,   HART Dr Roger
Rand Afrikaans Univ, Johannesburg, South Africa	ASHWAL Prof Lew,   BARTON Jay,   BEUKES Prof Nik,   GRUTZMER Jens,  KNOPER Mike,   VAN REENEN Dirk,
Univ of Durban, Westville, SA	McCOURT Dr Steve,
BHP, Canada	DYCK Darren,   KIRKLEY Mellisa
Geological Survey, Lobatse, Botswana	KWADIBA Tarzan,   MAPEO R,
Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France	BARRUOL Prof Guilhem,   MAINPRICE David
Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA	MOSER Dr Desmond
Univ of Oxford, Oxford, UK	HILDERBRAND Peter,
Georgia Inst of Tech, Atlanta GA, USA	GAHERTY Dr Jim

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