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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
access to a stable isotope mass spectrometer, quadrupole
(single collector) and magnetic sector (multi-collector)
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (solution
and laser analysis) and associated clean laboratories.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Professors
3
Associate Professors
2
Senior Lecturers
3
Lecturers
2
Technical Support Staff
13
Administrative & Clerical Staff
2
Total
25
Honorary staff
Honorary Research Associates
2
Emeritus Professors
1
Students
Postdoctoral
1
Doctoral
8
Master’s
28
Honours
16
Undergraduate
482
Total
535
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent staff
Professor Stephen Richardson
Head of Department; Isotope geochemistry;
geochronology; diamonds; continental mantle evolution.
Professor Anton le Roex
Dean of Science; Igneous geochemistry; analytical
geochemistry; mantle evolution.
Professor Chris Harris
Stable isotope geochemistry; igneous petrology.
Associate Professor John Compton
Low-temperature and sedimentary geochemistry; marine
geology.
Associate Professor David Reid
Precambrian crustal evolution and metallogeny;
carbonatites; isotope geochemistry.
Mr George Smith
Senior Lecturer; petroleum geophysics.
Dr Emese Bordy
Senior Lecturer: Sedimentology
Dr Phil Janney
Senior Lecturer: Igneous petrology; analytical geochemistry
Dr Johann Diener
Lecturer; Metamorphic petrology.
Dr Ake Fagereng
Lecturer; Structural geology.
Honorary staff
Emeritus Professor John Gurney
Upper mantle research, diamonds, diamond exploration
and instrumental analysis of minerals
Honorary Research Associates
Professor Hartwig Frimmel
Metamorphic petrology
Dr Wendy Taylor
Palaeontology
Contact Details
Postal address: Department of Geological Sciences,
University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701
Telephone: +27 21 650 2931
Fax: +27 21 650 3783
E-mail: sci-geology@uct.ac.za
E-mail: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/geolsci/
Research output
Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals
Barker, A.K., Troll, V.R., Ellam, R.M., Hansteen, T.H., Harris, C.,
Stillman, C.J. and Andersson, A. 2012. Magmatic evolution
of the Cadamasto seamount, Cape Verde: beyond the
spatial extent of EM1. Contributions to Mineralogy and
Petrology, 163: 949-965.
Botha-Brink, J. and Smith, R.M.H. 2012. Paleobiology of
triassic procolophonids, inferred from bone microstructure.
Comptes Rendus Palevol, 11: 419-433.
Deegan, F.M., Troll, V.R., Barker, A.K., Harris, C., Chadwick,
J.P., Carracedo, J.C. and Delcamp, A. 2012. Crustal versus
source processes recorded in dykes from the northeast