PhD STUDENTS
 

ROGER DIAMOND ROOKSHANA EBRAHIM-TROLLOPE
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
   
 
LARA SCISCIO
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
 
 
MSc STUDENTS

 
CLAYTON CROSS WILLEM DE WET
Metamorphic evolution of an ancient accretionary wedge, Southern Zone,
Damara Belt, Namibia
Supervisors: Johann Diener and Åke Fagereng Supervisor: John Compton
clayton.cross[at]uct.ac.za
room 507.6
 
 
 
CARLY FABER KAYLAN HAMEL
Melt segregation and movement through the mid-crust: insights from the Damara Belt, Namibia Colenso Fault rock fabrics and stable isotopes
Supervisors: Johann Diener and Alex Kisters (Stellenbosch) Supervisors: Åke Fagereng and Chris Harris
carlyfaber1@gmail.com
Room 605.3 Room 605.2
 
 
MATTHEW HODGE NIC LAIDLER
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 NICOLE MEYER
Ichnology of large burrows in the Lower Triassic Katberg Formation, main Karoo Basin, South Africa Feasibility of mine tailings for carbon sequestration
Supervisor: Emese Bordy Supervisor: David Reid (Co-supervised with Chemical Engineering)
willkrummeck[at]gmail.com na.meyer[at]uct.ac.za
Room 606.1 Room 606.4
 
SIBONGILE NGINI LOUIS SMIT
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 PIA VIGLIETTI
Volcanic and plutonic controls on sedimentation of the Lower Orange River Group, Richtersveld Province Fluvial environments, vertebrate taphonomy and paleosol geochemistry of the early Triassic Katberg Formation in the Karoo Basin, South Africa
Supervisor: David Reid Supervisors: Roger Smith (Iziko) and John Compton
zach.smith[at]uct.ac.za pia.viglietti[at]uct.ac.za
Room 605.4
 
JACQUES VOGELI
Evaluation of selected mineral reservoirs for carbon capture and storage
Supervisor: David Reid (Co-supervised with Chemical Engineering)
vgljac001[at]uct.ac.za
Room 507
 
BSc HONOURS STUDENTS

BRIGHT DUZE LEILAH GHARBAHARAN
Geological features of Ventersdorp contact and Elsburg gold reefs at Khusasalethu mine, Carletonville The Dwyka - Ecca transition in the Warmbad sub-basin of the Karoo Sequence, South Africa/Namibia, with particular focus on the Whitehill Formation
Supervisor: David Reid Supervisors: David Reid, Emese Bordy and John Compton
dzxbri001[at]myuct.ac.za ghrlei001[at]myuct.ac.za
 
HOWARD HEAD ALISTAIR JACKSON
Facies Analysis of the early Ordovician Piekenierskloof Formation Geometry and mechanisms of melt migration through lower-crustal basement rocks, Aus granulite terrane, Namibia
Supervisor: Emese Bordy Supervisors: Johann Diener, Åke Fagereng and Chris Harris
hdxhow001[at]myuct.ac.za jckali001[at]myuct.ac.za
 
TAMZON JACOBS MMAPHOLO KHALO
The effect of serpentinisation on ore mineralization of the Platreef
Supervisor: David Reid Supervisor: David Reid
jcbtam004[at]myuct.ac.za khlmma001[at]myuct.ac.za
 
TEBOGO LEKGAU KOPANO MAISELA
The platinum grade of an old mine dump at Amandelbult Contact metasomatism at Straumsvola, Antarctica
Supervisor: David Reid Supervisors: Chris Harris and Lynnette Greyling
lkgsef001[at]myuct.ac.za mslkop002[at]myuct.ac.za
 
MARVEL MAKHUBELE BULELWA MDLELENI
A magnetic survey of selected parts of the off-shore Cape Peninsula, with specific focus on the distribution of dolerite dikes
Supervisors: David Reid and George Smith Supervisors: Chris Harris and Lynnette Greyling
mkhmar015[at]myuct.ac.za mllbul001[at]myuct.ac.za
 
GREG MOLZEN ANDILE MSOLO
Full offset modelling with a range of wavelets reflecting different bandwidth to demonstrate the best approach for marine seismic survey
Supervisor: David Reid Supervisor: George Smith
mlzgre001[at]myuct.ac.za sndand007[at]myuct.ac.za
 
USHAH RANCHOD SEAN RENNIE
An investigation of the Nyanza Graben, Western Kenya, to assess the hydrocarbon prospectivity Geometry and strain localisation along a crustal-scale shear zone, Kuckaus mylonite zone, southern Namibia
Supervisor: George Smith Supervisors: Åke Fagereng and Johann Diener
rncush001[at]myuct.ac.za rnnsea001[at]myuct.ac.za
 
MEGAN RUNDS SUKEY THOMAS
Provenance study on the early Ordovician Piekenierskloof Formation P-T-d history of a retrograde crustal-scale shear zone, Kuckaus mylonite zone, southern Namibia
Supervisor: Emese Bordy Supervisors: Johann Diener and Åke Fagereng
rndmeg002[at]myuct.ac.za acreblade[at]gmail.com