OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of South African Journal of Geology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
New details on the volcanic and tectonic evolution of the Mesoarchaean Dominion Group with special reference to the Syferfontein Formation in the Ottosdal area (South Africa)	17
New palaeomagnetic results from the Mesoarchaean Nsuze flood basalts, South Africa	16
Ascent and emplacement controls of mafic magmas in the mid crust − evidence from 3D modelling of basic bodies of the Koperberg Suite, Namaqualand	14
Okorusu tailings – Part I: General characterisation of superficial tailings	13
Cenozoic stratigraphy of South Africa: current challenges and future possibilities	10
Microbial mat-induced microfacies in clastic deposits – An overview	10
Petroleum potential from Permian-Triassic strata of the Maniamba Basin, Mozambique: A preliminary characterisation	9
The inﬂuence of humic substances on the weathering of PGE in chromitite of the Bushveld Complex: An experimental simulation of the weathering environment	9
The Greater Cederberg–False Bay Large Igneous Province in South Africa: A southern node of widespread magmatism associated with South Atlantic rifting	9
Andrieslombaardite, RhSbS, a new platinum-group mineral from the platiniferous Onverwacht Pipe, Republic of South Africa	9
Uncovering the southern Bushveld Complex, using reflection seismic and gravity data	8
Detrital zircon in Pleistocene aeolianite of the Isipingo Formation at Cape Vidal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, gives age and Hf isotope signatures without provenance significance	8
The processing behaviour of the sphalerites from the Big Syncline deposit, South Africa	8
Misinterpretation of zircon ages in layered intrusions	8
Case study in the Northern Cape (Loopeng area), South Africa, confirming occurrence of a collapsible sand soil structure in transported soils	7
A Review of the geological history of the Evander Basin with new insights into the deposition of the Kimberley Formation	7
Regional variance in alluvial sedimentation and revised stratigraphy of the Klipheuwel Group and Franschhoek Formation	7
Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis of the West Rand Group, Witwatersrand Supergroup	7
New constraints on the age of ore at Black Mountain mine, Bushmanland Ore District, South Africa	6
Palynomorph composition and palynofacies analysis of the Cenomanian Bahariya Formation in the north Western Desert of Egypt: Depositional palaeoenvironment and sequence stratigraphic implications	6
Reprocessing potential of pegmatite tailings for rare metal extraction and brick fabrication, Uis, Namibia	6
Amphibolite facies metamorphism in lower Witwatersrand Supergroup rocks exposed in the Vredefort Dome – a Ventersdorp LIP connection	6
Elemental proxy evidence for late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental change in southern African sedimentary records: interpretation and applications	5
Cave and rock shelter sediments of southern Africa: a review of the chronostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental record from Marine Isotope Stage 6 to 1	5
The late Quaternary stratigraphy of coastal dunes and associated deposits in southern Africa	5

Preface	5
Fossil wood from the Upper Cretaceous crater sediments of the Salpeterkop volcano, North West Province, South Africa	5
Pollen, charcoal and phytolith records from the Late Quaternary of southern Africa: vegetation and climate interpretations	5
Timing of deformation within the Southern Structural Domain of the Pongola basin, southeast margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: constraints from field mapping and contact relationships	5
Chronostratigraphic palaeo-climate phasing based on southern African wetlands: From the escarpment to the eastern seaboard	4
Geomagnetic jerks observed in geomagnetic observatory data over southern Africa between 2017 and 2023	4
Zircon geochronology and geochemistry of pre-Bushveld sills in the eastern Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa	4
Cyanobacteria-ferrihydrite aggregates, BIF sedimentation and implications for Archaean- Palaeoproterozoic seawater geochemistry	4
Manganese carbonate-bearing mudstone of the Witwatersrand-Mozaan succession in southern Africa as evidence for bacterial manganese respiration and availability of free molecular oxygen in Mesoarchaean	4
Lateral uniformity of the Pyroxenite Marker Transition in the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa	4
A new lithostratigraphic framework for portions of the Pongola Supergroup within the Nkandla sub-basin, southern Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa; insights into Mozaan Group stratigraphy	4
Dedicated to the late Professor Nic Beukes (1945 - 2023)	4
Satellite imagery reveals the nature of the Archaean granite-greenstone basement of the Kruger National Park, South Africa, including the newly discovered Olifants River Greenstone Belt	4
Lithostratigraphy of the Vuurdood Subsuite, an early mafic-ultramafic phase of the Palaeoproterozoic Vioolsdrif Intrusive Suite, Richtersveld Magmatic Arc, Northern Cape Province	4