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| Department Overview | Academic and Support Staff | Postgraduates | Facilities | |
| Research Areas | Degree Programs | Photo Albums | Cape Town Geology |
| PhD STUDENTS | ||||
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| ROGER DIAMOND | ROOKSHANA EBRAHIM-TROLLOPE | |||
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Stable Isotope Hydrogeology of the Table Mountain Group | ![]() |
Induced Seismicity within Southern Africa – Their effects and methods of quantifying hazards and risks | |
| Supervisor: Chris Harris | Supervisors: George Smith and Ray Durrheim (Wits) | |||
| roger.diamond[at]uct.ac.za | Shana.ebrahim-trollope[at]uct.ac.za | |||
| 021 650 3666 cell: 079 874 1972 room 509 |
021 650 3496 room 603 |
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| LARA SCISCIO | ||||
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Position of the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary: A multidisciplinary means to further understanding the Stromberg Group in Lesotho and South Africa | |||
| Supervisor: Emese Bordy | ||||
| lara.sciscio[at]uct.ac.za OR l.sciscio[at]gmail.com 021 650 2912 room 507.1 |
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| MSc STUDENTS | ||||
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| CLAYTON CROSS | WILLEM DE WET | |||
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Metamorphic evolution of an ancient accretionary wedge, Southern Zone, Damara Belt, Namibia |
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| Supervisors: Johann Diener and Åke Fagereng | Supervisor: John Compton | |||
| clayton.cross[at]uct.ac.za room 507.6 |
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| MATTHEW HODGE | NIC LAIDLER | |||
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Neotectonics in the Southern Cape: A Study of Deformation Structures in Pleistocene Waenhuiskrans Aeolianites | ![]() |
Stable isotope ratios of the pyroxenite marker and Merensky Reef, implications for magma genesis and evolution | |
| Supervisor: Åke Fagereng | Supervisor: Chris Harris | |||
| matthew.hodge[at]uct.ac.za | nic.laidler[at]gmail.com | |||
| Room 507.4 | 604 | |||
| WILLIAM KRUMMECK | DAVID McGIBBON | |||
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Ichnology of large burrows in the Lower Triassic Katberg Formation, main Karoo Basin, South Africa | ![]() |
Geometry and kinematics of overprinting tectonic events in the Maud Belt, East Antarctica. | |
| Supervisor: Emese Bordy | Supervisors: Åke Fagereng and Johann Diener | |||
| willkrummeck[at]gmail.com | dcmcgibbon[at]gmail.com | |||
| Room 606.1 | Room 605.4 | |||
| SIBONGILE NGINI | LOUIS SMIT | |||
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Sequence stratigraphy of the Zululand Basin and its implications for geophysical exploration | ![]() |
Microseismic measurement of active intraplate tectonics in the Ceres-Tulbagh earthquake zone | |
| Supervisor: George Smith | Supervisor: Åke Fagereng | |||
| sibongile.ngini[at]uct.ac.za | louisklim[at]gmail.com | |||
| room 606.3 | room 201 | |||
| ZACH SMITH | SUKEY THOMAS | |||
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Volcanic and plutonic controls on sedimentation of the Lower Orange River Group, Richtersveld Province | ![]() |
Physical conditions of pervasive melt migration through subsolidus rocks, Nupskåpa, HU Sverdrupfjella, East Antarctica. | |
| Supervisor: David Reid | Supervisors: Johann Diener and Åke Fagereng | |||
| zach.smith[at]uct.ac.za | acreblade[at]gmail.com | |||
| Room 605.3 | ||||
| BSc HONOURS STUDENTS | ||||
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| GIOVANNI AMANSURE | DEVON BOWEN | |||
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Constraints on gold mineralization from fluid inclusions and stable isotopes of the Southern Zone of the Tongon gold deposit, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa | ![]() |
Flood-Fire Relationship in the Holocene Sediments of the Huis River (Western Cape, South Africa) | |
| Supervisors: Chris Harris and Lynnette Greyling | Supervisor: Emese Bordy | |||
| amngio001[at]myuct.ac.za | bwndev001[at]myuct.ac.za | |||
| GREGORY BYRNES | AQEELAH DAVIS | |||
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An investigation of flexural-slip slickenfibres in the Prince Albert Formation, Laingsburg | ![]() |
The alteration in the hanging wall pyroxenites in the UG2 at Saffy Shaft, Middle Kraal, Lonmin Platinum. | |
| Supervisor: Åke Fagereng | Supervisors: David Reid and Åke Fagereng | |||
| byrgre002[at]myuct.ac.za | dvsaqe001[at]myuct.ac.za | |||
| CAILLAN GOVENDER | MICHAEL HARTNADY | |||
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Genesis of IRUP bodies in the Rustenburg Layered Suite using field relationships and geochemical analyses. | ![]() |
Structural analysis of an ancient accretionary wedge,Gaub Canyon, Damara Belt, Namibia | |
| Supervisor: David Reid | Supervisors: Åke Fagereng and Johann Diener | |||
| gvncai001[at]myuct.ac.za | hrtmic008[at]myuct.ac.za | |||
| GRAEME HILLARY | MAKKIE MADIBA | |||
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Structural analysis of an ancient accretionary wedge,Gaub Canyon, Damara Belt, Namibia | ![]() |
Oxygen isotopes of garnet from the Darling Batholith | |
| Supervisors: Åke Fagereng and Johann Diener | Supervisor: Chris Harris | |||
| hllgra010[at]myuct.ac.za | mdbled001[at]myuct.ac.za | |||
| RUDZANI MUEDI | TOBI MZOBE | |||
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Mineralogical study of the Nkomati Mine tailings | ![]() |
Petrophysical characterisation of the Molteno formation in Dordrecht, Eastern Cape | |
| Supervisor: David Reid | Supervisors: Emese Bordy and Åke Fagereng | |||
| mdxrud003[at]myuct.ac.za | mzbisr001[at]myuct.ac.za | |||
| GREGORY NETSHILINDI | FRANCISCO PAIVA | |||
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Investigation of seasonal differences in oxygen and hydrogen isotope hydrology for natural spring waters in the lower slopes of Table Mountain in the Western Cape. | ![]() |
Sedimentological and structural characterization of Lower Beaufort Group in SW Main Karoo Basin | |
| Supervisor: Chris Harris | Supervisors: Emese Bordy and Åke Fagereng | |||
| ntsgre002[at]myuct.ac.za | pvxfra001[at]myuct.ac.za | |||
| CHELSEA REBELO | TEBOHO SEBELTELA | |||
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A comparative study of the Table Mountain Group and lower Bokkeveld Group from the Southern and Western Cape Fold Belt. | ![]() |
Geometry and deformation mechanisms of a polydeformed retrograde shear zone of the Maud Belt, Antarctica | |
| Supervisor: Emese Bordy | Supervisors: Åke Fagereng and Johann Diener | |||
| rblche001[at]myuct.ac.za | stbteb001[at]myuct.ac.za | |||
| TRAVIS SMITHARD | LUKE VILJOEN | |||
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The effect of intrusive igneous bodies on the hydrocarbon potential of the Whitehill formation, Koosberg Basin | ![]() |
Remobilization of PGEs by IRUP in the Rustenburg Layered Suite | |
| Supervisors: Emese Bordy and David Reid | Supervisor: David Reid | |||
| smttra009[at]myuct.ac.za | vljluk001[at]myuct.ac.za | |||