Prof.
Jan van Bever Donker
(University of the Western Cape)
29/09/2014, 11:30
Energy in South Africa is a hot topic. Years of underinvestment by the State Utility ESKOM has lulled the country into a false sense of security during the years of cheap electricity only be rudely awakened by the annual price hikes leaving the economy reeling.
While mines, smelters and other industries have the upward pressure to grow, the limited supply of energy has prevented many from...
Dr
Marco Andreoli
(Necsa, University of the Witwatersrand)
29/09/2014, 12:00
Once again, after the M5.5 event of 05 08 2014 near Orkney (North West Province) many South Africans wondered whether it was of tectonic origin or mining induced, given the exceptional amount of seismic energy cumulatively released in that area over 50 years. The concept that mining stress includes a natural, tectonic component calls for mining and civil engineers to consider the intensity and...
Prof.
Peter Booth
(Research Associate - NMMU)
29/09/2014, 14:00
Oral Presentation
There are two phenomena that would have had a detrimental effect on natural gas contained in strata of the Ecca Group, in that at least some of the contained gas would have escaped, or at least been redistributed. These phenomena are (i) deformation features associated with the Cape Fold Belt (CFB) and, (ii) large scale intrusion of dolerites during the Mesozoic.
Deformation features of...
Dr
Fourie Francois
(Institute for Groundwater Studies, University of the Free State)
29/09/2014, 14:20
Oral Presentation
The expected decant rates at rehabilitated opencast pits are usually estimated by simply assuming a high recharge value (15% - 20% of the mean annual precipitation) through the spoils. This approach is based on the assumption that the inflow volumes of groundwater are balanced by the outflow volumes. However, using this standard approach for decant estimation at the mine under investigation...
Prof.
Ludwig Combrinck
(Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory)
29/09/2014, 14:40
Oral Presentation
According to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity (GRT), spacetime curvature in the vicinity of a large mass such as the Sun will cause light to bend. The measurement of light from stars close to the Sun during a total solar eclipse provides an opportunity to test this light bending, thus evaluating GRT. During 1919, Eddington performed such an experiment, obtaining results which supported...
Dr
Stoffel Fourie
(TUT; AEON EarthTech Hub)
29/09/2014, 15:00
Oral Presentation
The Coaltech Research Association funded an airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over the Karoo-age Ellisras Basin in the Northern Province of South Africa in 2008. The Waterberg Coalfield, which is destined to become the major source of energy in South Africa in the future, is situated in this sedimentary basin. Interpretation of the processed geophysical datasets has added significantly...
Mr
Roelf C Botha
(HartRAO)
30/09/2014, 11:30
Oral and Poster Presentation
HartRAO has been planning and developing a Lunar Laser Ranger (LLR) for the past 10 years. This system will also be used for Satellite Laser Ranging during available operational time. We already have a 1 m optical telescope as well as a functional control room. We are now at the stage of procuring the remaining hardware components and implementing these according to the overall system...
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Variable link equation parameters and expected photon returns for the HartRAO Lunar Laser Ranger
Mr
Sphumelele Ndlovu
(Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory:Space Geodesy)
30/09/2014, 11:45
Oral and Poster Presentation
The HartRAO Lunar Laser Ranger (LLR) system requires a state-of-the-art software tool that enables optimal efficiency and signal path parameter estimation. The existing link budget equation estimates the number of return photons for given conditions and LLR system parameters. This equation is one of the essential mathematical tools that can be considered when developing an integrated system...
Ms
Nokwazi Purity Nkosi
(Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory:Space Geodesy)
30/09/2014, 12:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, in collaboration with the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA) and NASA are developing a dual Satellite/Lunar Laser Ranging system in South Africa. This project will strengthen the International Laser Ranging Service network and limit the biases caused by the under representation of satellite and lunar laser ranging in the Southern Hemisphere....
Mr
Philemon Tsela
(University of Pretoria)
30/09/2014, 12:15
Oral and Poster Presentation
Currently Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) in South Africa is developing a Satellite/Lunar Laser Ranger (S/LLR) based on a 1 metre aperture telescope. This is done in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA). The S/LLR is required to make ranging observations with sub-centimetre level accuracy....
Mr
Cilence Munghemezulu
(HartRAO & UP)
30/09/2014, 12:30
Oral and Poster Presentation
The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) in South Africa is currently developing a Lunar Laser Ranger (LLR) system in collaboration with the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) and NASA. The station will improve the current LLR network, especially in the Southern Hemisphere; this station will also contribute towards our current understanding of fundamental physics and the...
Ms
Zinhle Mashaba
(Centre for Geoinformation Science, Dept. Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria)
30/09/2014, 12:45
Oral and Poster Presentation
The Space Geodesy Programme of the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) is actively engaged in improving the African Earth and ocean monitoring network by installing stations across the Sub-Saharan regions. This forms part of the drive to monitor different geophysical parameters via denser networks and with increasing accuracies, as to better our understanding of the Earth...
Mr
Leon Croukamp
(Stellenbosch University)
30/09/2014, 14:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
The donation of a 1 m Cassegrain telescope by France to HartRAO facilitated the development of a combined Satellite and Lunar Laser Ranger (S/LLR). The S/LLR will be located at Matjiesfontein, South Africa and will be collocated with a gravimeter, seismograph and a Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver. In addition to the mentioned instruments, the site could be considered for...
Mr
Cornel Janse van Rensburg
(Stellenbosch University)
30/09/2014, 14:15
Oral and Poster Presentation
The Matjiesfontein Space Geodesy Observatory will be home to large and sensitive high-tech instruments which ought to be carefully transported to the observatory. The access road to and on the site itself intercepts five drainage channels and there are currently no existing structures to allow for safe and reliable passage. Three low-level river crossings were designed to withstand 1:20 year...
Ms
Susan Bothma
(Stellenbosch University)
30/09/2014, 14:30
Oral and Poster Presentation
The intention of this project is to investigate and analyse the requirements for the emplacement of the Lunar Laser Ranger (LLR) at the Matjiesfontein Space Geodesy Observatory (MGO). To ensure accurate measurements and pointing to the exact location on the moon the LLR needs a very stable foundation. The foundation of the LLR should be such that it would cushion the smallest movement of the...
Mr
Louis Beneke
(Tshwane University of Technology)
30/09/2014, 14:45
Oral and Poster Presentation
South Africa has limited electricity resources and many parts of the country have limited access to electricity. Electricity capacity is at maximum and almost each Giga Watt is accounted for. Predictions suggest South Africa would have a serious electricity allocation problem in the very near future and current rolling blackout in many of our cities can attain to the looming problem. The...
Ms
Danel Van Tonder
(University of the North-West)
30/09/2014, 15:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
Development of a Solar Desalination Plant
By
D. van Tonder, Department of Geology University of the North West (danel.vantonder@nwu.ac.za)
C.J.S. Fourie. Environmental Water and Earth Sciences, TUT (fouriecjs@tut.ac.za)
ABSTRACT
South Africa is considered a water scarce country and water quality is an additional stress affecting available water supply. In the semi-arid to arid...
Mr
Wasiu Sonibare
(Stellenbosch University)
30/09/2014, 15:15
Oral Presentation
To assess the total petroleum system and prospectivity of the Western Bredasdorp Basin (WBB), this study investigates the contribution of Upper Jurassic-Cretaceous source rocks to the reservoired hydrocarbons and natural gas leakages using a 3D basin modelling technique. The established 3D model is based on an integration of subsurface datasets (2D seismics, well data and cores) and links the...
Prof.
Ludwig Combrinck
(HartRAO)
, Prof.
Maarten de Wit
(AEON - NMMU)
30/09/2014, 16:00
Doug Cole
(CGS)
, Prof.
Maarten de Wit
(AEON - NMMU)
01/10/2014, 09:00
Ms
Shereen Slamang
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University)
01/10/2014, 09:25
Oral and Poster Presentation
The area of study lies in the Eastern Cape, approximately 20km north of Grahamstown, in the direction of Fort Beaufort. The main rock outcrops are along the Ecca Pass and approximately 10km east of the pass, along the Committees Drift Road. The area was chosen as it incorporates an exceptionally well exposed outcrop portraying all the formations of the lower Ecca Group of the SE Karoo Basin in...
Ms
Naledi Chere
(AEON - NMMU)
01/10/2014, 09:40
Oral and Poster Presentation
In the Main Karoo Basin, Permo-Carboniferous black shales of the Lower Ecca Group, especially the Prince Albert and Whitehill Formations, are considered to be a potential source of shale gas. Core samples of shale were collected from eight boreholes predominantly drilled in the 1960’s, and stored at the Council for Geosciences’ core library in Pretoria. The carbonaceous black shale of the...
Ms
Claire Geel
(NMMU MSc)
01/10/2014, 09:55
Oral and Poster Presentation
This is a study on the geochemical and petro-physical properties of shales from the Prince Albert, Whitehill and Collingham Formations of the Lower Karoo Supergroup, near Jansenville in the Eastern Cape. Results are based on two boreholes sited on a southerly dipping limb of a shallowly plunging syncline. Lithological, sedimentological, structural, geochemical and petro-physical analyses...
Ms
Vhuhwavhohau Nengovhela
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University)
01/10/2014, 10:10
Oral and Poster Presentation
The main Karoo basin sedimentary sequence covers an approximate area of 700 000km2, and attains a thickness of more than 5Km. The emplacement of the Karoo Large Igneous Province (LIP) through dolerite dykes and sills, and lava flows (ca 183Ma) led to extensive devolitilization, metasomatism, and out-gassing of approximately 2000Gt of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. The effects...
Mr
Thomas Muedi
(AEON - NMMU)
01/10/2014, 10:20
The Karoo Basin is an area intruded by dolerite sills and dykes. It is also speculated that those dolerite rocks may have intruded through pre-existing fractures. Fractures are well known as joints by geologists. Fractures are commonly formed when the stress exceed the rock strength and they acts as pathways to the hydrocarbon migration, water and other fluids during Karoo dolerite...
Ms
Moipone Precious Mokoena
(AEON - NMMU)
01/10/2014, 11:10
The potential for shale gas extraction in the South African Karoo has been one of the most controversial issues because of the unknown extent of socio-economic and environmental impacts. Although we can learn about the pros and cons of shale gas development from the US and other countries, South Africa’s unique geology and semi-arid climate makes the extraction of gas more complex. South...
Ms
Moipone Precious (obo Divan Stroebel) Mokoena
(AEON - NMMU)
01/10/2014, 11:10
Poster Presentation
The anticipated exploration and exploitation of Karoo Shale Gas has raised considerable debate about the benefits and risks associated with this process for both the Karoo, and the country as a whole. Focus has been placed on the potential impact of hydraulic fracturing on ecological, environmental and especially its scarce water resources. The Karoo region is highly dependent on groundwater...
Mrs
Annah Mabidi
(AEON-ESSRI)
01/10/2014, 11:20
Oral and Poster Presentation
Temporary freshwater bodies (endorheic pans) are facing a variety of disturbances including hydrological modifications, filling up with substrate and invasion by vegetation. These impacts have collectively resulted in loss of ecological value and habitat for invertebrate communities which utilise these transient ecosystems. Historically, the water bodies of the Karoo semiarid region have been...
Mrs
Annah (obo Kristen Ellis) Mabidi
(AEON-ESSRI)
01/10/2014, 11:20
Poster Presentation
Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an extraction technique that is used to extract gas from rocks of low permeability. A number of companies have been either applied for, or been granted Exploration Rights for fracking in the Karoo. Shell’s application area is in the magisterial districts of Aberdeen, Beaufort-West, Carnarvon, Graaff-Reinet, Middelburg, Murraysburg, Noupoort, Richmond and...
Mr
Martin Bentley
(AEON - NMMU)
01/10/2014, 11:30
Oral and Poster Presentation
The Eastern Cape, South Africa, suffers from a general lack of high-resolution geophysical data. This is largely due to a historical lack of interest in subsurface exploration in the area from an economic
viewpoint which led to a lack of funding being available to carry out such surveys. Until relatively recently, studies have been largely limited to small areas for particular research...
Mr
Lucian Bezuidenhout
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University)
01/10/2014, 11:40
The increased interest in the potential shale gas extraction within the Karoo basin is raising concerns regarding the potential impact it may have on this fragile environment. In order to be in the possible position to moderate any negative effects associated with possible hydraulic fracturing, a scientifically thorough base-line of this region will need to be obtained. Since our current...
Mr
Bastien LINOL
(AEON - NMMU)
, Mr
Taufeeq Dhansay
(AEON - NMMU)
01/10/2014, 12:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
The Karoo is a Gondwanan basin type sequence that extends across South America, south-central Africa, Madagascar, India and Antarctica. It is currently being investigated in South Africa, with special interest for black shale and its potential toward energy and socio-economic development. Curiously, there was no mention of shale gas at the 25th Colloquium of Africa Geology, in Dar Es Salam,...
Mr
Barry Morkel
(AEON - Karoo Shale Gas Research Programme)
01/10/2014, 12:10
The confluence of three key technological and social-economic drivers have given rise to the advent of the new ‘Golden Age of Gas’ , as articulated in the new global discourse of unconventional oil and gas, and in particular what has been described as the ‘Shale Gas Revolution’ . These drivers include the technological advances in multi-directional and horizontal drilling and hydraulic...
Mr
Tshipeng Mwenze
(University of the Western Cape)
02/10/2014, 09:45
Oral and Poster Presentation
The paucity of geochemical criteria for stratigraphic correlations and defining the styles of mineralisation pose serious problems in locating PGE-rich zones in the Platreef. This study is therefore aimed at identifying and appraising process-based mineralogical/ geochemical criteria which may be useful in stratigraphic correlations and characterizing the nature and styles of PGE...
Mr
Hakundwi Mandende
(University of the Western Cape)
02/10/2014, 10:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
The Platreef is located in the northern limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) and is comprised of a 10- to 400-m thick package of pyroxenitic lithologies, which host platinum-group element (PGE) and base metal sulphide (BMS) mineralization at various heights above the floor rocks. The pyroxenites are overlain by norites and gabbronorites, generally assigned to the Main Zone of the BIC....
Ms
Jarlen Beukes
(University of the Free State)
02/10/2014, 10:15
Oral and Poster Presentation
This research study focuses on the enigmatic occurrence of noritic lenses (termed “brown sugar norite” by mine geologists, here after referred to as BSN), within the feldspathic pyroxenite of the Merensky Reef (MR) at Two Rivers Platinum Mine which is situated on the southern sector of the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex. The cumulate rocks associated with the MR unit are characterised by...
Mr
Reddy Bokana
(University of the Western Cape (Applied Geology))
02/10/2014, 11:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
The Hondekloof deposit represents a family of small, orthomagmatic massive sulphide Ni-Cu-(Co-Zn) deposits occurring in the central part of the Garies terrane, Bushmanland, Namaqualand, South Africa. The study area is located in the Westcoast region of South Africa, in the settlement called Kliprand where various granulite facies rocks of the Namaqua-Natal Metamorphic province ranging from...
Mr
Roberto Almanza
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Univeristy)
02/10/2014, 11:15
Oral and Poster Presentation
The Steyterville-Jansenville gypsum field is one of South Africa’s smaller deposits. It is covered by an average of 500mm of soil and has fine powdery gypsum bodies which are, on average, 37cm thick and contain an average of 65% gypsum – medium grade. The calcium and sulphate ions required to form the gypsum mineral (CaSO4•2H2O) are supplied by the Whitehill Formation shale which is carbonate...
Mr
Pule Petrus Molokoane
(University of the Free State)
02/10/2014, 11:30
Oral and Poster Presentation
Pseudo first order oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol under aerobic conditions to 3,5-di-tert-butylquinone. The process was catalyzed by square planar Cu(II)(naltol)2 complexes. The aim of this study was to imitate the activity and behaviour of the enzyme catechol oxidase by employing copper nano molecular materials, and to investigate electronic and steric effects on this catalytic...
Mr
Adrian Adams
(University of Stellenbosch)
02/10/2014, 11:45
Oral and Poster Presentation
Atrazine, a popular herbicide, endocrine disruptor and possible carcinogen, is frequently detected in water systems. Its biodegradation in soils is well documented, but its degradation on soil mineral surfaces is only partially understood. Furthermore, changing global climate and increased temperatures could possibly increase occurrences of extreme drying (evaporation) in soils, a process...
Mr
Oluseyi Abegunde
(University of the Western Cape)
02/10/2014, 12:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
This study evaluated the magnitude of possibly leachable metals and predicted the AMD discharge over time, from Mogale tailings dam into the environs in Randfontein area, Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa. Drill core samples were analysed for multi-elements and evaluated using multivariate statistical and geochemical mass balance techniques.
The tailings dam lithology was grouped into four...
Mrs
Chazanne Long
(AEON - NMMU)
02/10/2014, 12:15
Oral and Poster Presentation
Chemical signatures from river waters and sediments were collected in the Crocodile (West) and Marico Water Management Areas, South Africa. Surface water samples were analysed for anion complexes using Ion Chromatography (IC) and major and trace element chemistry using quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (q-ICP-MS). Major and trace element chemistry was measured by XRF and...
Mr
Derick Forbanka
(DZE University of Fort Hare)
02/10/2014, 12:30
Oral and Poster Presentation
Fork-marked dwarf lemurs (Phaner) are nocturnal strepsirhines endemic to Madagascar. Lemur systematic has witnessed the naming of many new species in the last decade. Four Phaner species have been recognized based on slight variations in pelage colouration, and their occupation of discontinuous ranges in Madagascar. Given that these lemurs are nocturnal, according to the Recognition Concept of...
Mr
Palo Francis Loke
(Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State)
02/10/2014, 12:45
Oral and Poster Presentation
Farmers continuously remove crop residues for use as building materials, fuel and animal feed or bedding as well as to avoid difficulties during tillage operations. Therefore, demonstrations of the benefits of recycling crop residues are necessary. The aim with this study was to evaluate the influence of different wheat production management practices on acidity and some essential nutrients...
Ms
Andrea Baker
(Stellenbosch University)
02/10/2014, 13:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
Southern Africa is situated at a dynamic junction between tropical, subtropical and temperate climate systems, which are subject to seasonal excursion in the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and sea surface temperature (SST) gradients between the two regional oceans. As a consequence of topography and semi-arid climate, there is a lack of continuous terrestrial climate archives in the...
Ms
Christinah Manthofeela MAKOAE
(Institute for Groundwater Studies (IGS-UFS))
, Ms
Grace Lebohang Molaba
(Institute for Groundwater Studies (IGS-UFS))
02/10/2014, 14:15
Oral and Poster Presentation
Grace and Christinah we will be presenting the abovementioned topic together at the conference. Our ID number is 23
Ms
Christinah Manthofeela MAKOAE
(Institute for Groundwater Studies (IGS-UFS))
, Ms
Grace Lebohang MOLABA
(Institute for Groundwater Studies (IGS-UFS))
02/10/2014, 14:30
Oral and Poster Presentation
The purpose of this study is to investigate the possible use of groundwater to augment the water supply to the Mangaung Municipality in the Free State Province of South Africa. The municipality is at present experiencing water shortages; as a result the State is currently spending large amounts of money to buy water from Lesotho.
Bloemfontein (the Dutch word meaning 'Fountain of Flowers') is...
Mr
Teboho Shakhane
(University of the Free State)
02/10/2014, 14:45
Oral and Poster Presentation
The aim of this study was to perform a riparian area aquifer groundwater budget with an objective to estimate water exchange fluxes at an ungagged Modder River groundwater-surface water interaction research site. The study was based on the conceptual and quantitative knowledge on hydrogeological-landscape units, recharge to the riparian-area-aquifer, groundwater evapotranspiration, influx from...
Mr
Oluwatoyin Ayodele
(University of the Western Cape)
02/10/2014, 15:00
Oral Presentation
An accurate prediction of pore pressure is an essential in reducing the risk involved in a well or field life cycle. This has formed an integral part of routine work for exploration, development and exploitation team in the oil and gas industries. Several factors such as sediment compaction, overburden, lithology characteristic, hydrocarbon pressure and capillary entry pressure contribute...
Mr
Richard Berry
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University)
02/10/2014, 15:15
Oral and Poster Presentation
The internal structure of natural deltaic systems can be analysed through interpretation of vertical logs and seismic sections. If we are to quantitatively investigate the correlation between the internal structures of a delta and the factors influencing them, we should start with simple-case examples. We expect that the complexity of natural deltas be at least as complex as that of artificial...
Ms
Dakalo Makhokha
(Institute of Groundwater Studies-IGS:UFS)
02/10/2014, 16:30
Oral and Poster Presentation
Groundwater exploration has become increasingly dependent on the use of geophysical techniques to gain insight into the subsurface conditions to minimise the risk of drilling unsuccessful production boreholes. Dolerite dykes and sills are often targeted during groundwater exploration programmes in Karoo rocks. Due to the high pressures and temperatures that reigned during the emplacement of...
Mr
Vincent Mabunda
(Tshwane University of Technology)
02/10/2014, 16:45
Oral and Poster Presentation
D.C. resistivity is an active geophysical method that employs the measurement of electrical potential associated with subsurface current flow, generated by a D.C. source. The purpose of any D.C. resistivity survey is to determine the vertical and lateral subsurface resistivity distribution through measurements on the ground surface.
D.C. resistivity is one of the principal electrical...
Mr
Chris Samakinde
(University of the Western Cape)
02/10/2014, 17:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
Clay minerals diagenesis phenomenon and their effects on some petrophysical properties of lower cretaceous silliciclastic sandstones, offshore Orange basin have been established. Previous studies on Orange basin revealed that chlorite and quartz cements have significantly compromised the reservoir quality in this basin but it is expected that the reservoirs shows...
Dr
Francois Fourie
(University of the Free State, Institute for Groundwater Studies)
02/10/2014, 17:15
Mr
Gideon Brunsdon
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University)
03/10/2014, 09:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
Previous studies of the Bokkeveld Group focussed mostly on the sedimentation and sedimentary features of this group with a view to interpreting the depositional environment. This study aims to contribute new information on the structural features of the Bokkeveld Group north-west of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape, where there is evidence of folding and pervasive thrust faulting, similar to...
Mr
Ian Saunders
(Council for Geoscience)
03/10/2014, 09:15
Oral and Poster Presentation
We investigated 1 380 earthquake epicenters that were located through the single-station location method during routine data analysis of the South African National Seismograph Network for the period October 2010 to December 2012. Epicenter locations determined through single-station analysis prompted reports of an increase in seismicity originating from residents in the towns of Ceres and...
Ms
Mpho Mogoswane
(Tshwane University of Technology)
03/10/2014, 09:30
Oral and Poster Presentation
The most important requirements to the study and understanding of seismicity in any region is through the accurate location of earthquakes within the area of interest. Earthquake bulletins compiled from routine seismic analysis basically forms the basis of this research. These bulletins in principle consist of phase information (most often body-wave travel-time readings) observed at different...
Ms
Charmaine Mahlagaume
(Tshwane University of Technology)
03/10/2014, 09:45
Oral and Poster Presentation
One of the fundamental requirements to the study and understanding of seismicity in any region is through the accurate location of earthquakes within the area of interest, determining spectral parameters and seismic moments. The principle aim of this study is re-evaluating the phase readings and location of the instrumentally recorded earthquakes in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa...
Ms
Malebo Sharon Rakgalakane
(Tshwane University of Technology)
03/10/2014, 10:00
Oral and Poster Presentation
The National Academic Co-located Seismology Network is a collaborative project between Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) and Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) whereby at least twelve seismic stations are to be built across South Africa, Marion and Gough islands. These stations are to continuously monitor real-time seismic events for scientific use and seismic risk...
Mrs
Rookshana Ebrahim-Trollope
(University of Cape Town)
03/10/2014, 10:15
Oral and Poster Presentation
Natural seismicity within South Africa is limited to low-moderate magnitude intraplate activity broadly grouped into clusters such as Ceres, Koffiefontein, Lesotho and Namaqua clusters or swams. Intraplate seismicity is ~ 10 % of global natural seismicity with a smaller Mmax in South Africa of about ML = 6.3. The vast majority of “recorded” seismicity in South Africa occurs in the...
Prof.
Peter Booth
(Research Associate - NMMU)
03/10/2014, 11:00
Oral Presentation
The Cape Fold Belt (CFB) which lies along the southern margin of the African continent incorporates deformation of the Cape Supergroup, its basement rocks, as well as the lower Karoo Supergroup in the southern part of the larger Karoo Basin. The fold belt forms part of a larger tectonic picture that correlates with other remnants of Gondwana, thus confirming a late Palaeozoic-early Mesozoic...
Mr
Eric Saffou
(University of the Western Cape)
03/10/2014, 11:15
Oral and Poster Presentation
The distribution of strain and its variation within geologic terranes have always been a matter of great interest to structural geologists. The absence of good markers, especially in metamorphic zones has made strain analysis a very laborious task. A work flow for finite strain analysis is presented in this study. In the development of the work flow two important points were considered;...
Prof.
Maarten de Wit
(AEON - NMMU)
, Mr
Robert Kriger
(NRF)
03/10/2014, 11:40
Mr
Martin Bentley
(AEON - NMMU)
Oral and Poster Presentation
Poor choice of colourmaps within visualisation can lead to the creation of visual artifacts, which creates false interpretation of the visualisation, either by seeing edges that do not exist or by obscuring edges that do. The use of perceptual colourmaps, where each change in colour is perceived as smooth can greatly enhance the ease of interpretation of a visualisation by removing...
Ms
Monica Oghenekome
(University of the Western Cape)
Poster Presentation
Poster (All students)
The Whitehill Formation has been identified as a significant potential area with organic rich shale in the Karoo Basin of South Africa for the exploration of shale gas. The study aims to investigate the gas resource potential (gas in-place) of the Whitehill Formation, lithofacies distribution of the shale and properties as well as the processes that lead to accumulations of gas. This will...
Mr
Athi Nkosibonile Mfikili
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University)
Oral and Poster Presentation
Salt marshes are the most productive ecosystems, second after tropical rain forests in biodiversity and biological productivity, yet their survival is threaten by global sea-level rise and anthropogenic activities. They play a significant role not only on the ecosystem but in coastal defence, enhancing coastal sedimentation. However, their development and distribution has been closely linked...
Prof.
Daniel Mikeš
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University)
Oral Presentation
The most used tool for a sedimentologist is a one-dimensional vertical log through sedimentary layers. The log provides a detailed record of the sedimentary system, but lack of time control frustrates correlation between logs one the one hand and between log and signal on the other, e.g. correlation between shoreline length-series and sealevel time-series. The objective of this study is to...
