OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of South African Journal of Geology is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Okorusu tailings – Part I: General characterisation of superficial tailings	18
Dr Hans Merensky and the beginning of platinum mining in the Bushveld Complex	12
Ascent and emplacement controls of mafic magmas in the mid crust − evidence from 3D modelling of basic bodies of the Koperberg Suite, Namaqualand	12
Microbial mat-induced microfacies in clastic deposits – An overview	11
Aspects of palaeo-shoreline silcrete formation, Makgadikgadi Pans, north-central Botswana	10
Cenozoic palaeodepositional conditions and terrigenous sediment influx in the Eyasi-Wembere Basin, Northeastern Tanzania: Insights from elemental proxies	10
New palaeomagnetic results from the Mesoarchaean Nsuze flood basalts, South Africa	6
Petroleum potential from Permian-Triassic strata of the Maniamba Basin, Mozambique: A preliminary characterisation	6
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)	6
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	6
Uncovering the southern Bushveld Complex, using reflection seismic and gravity data	5
The Greater Cederberg–False Bay Large Igneous Province in South Africa: A southern node of widespread magmatism associated with South Atlantic rifting	5
Andrieslombaardite, RhSbS, a new platinum-group mineral from the platiniferous Onverwacht Pipe, Republic of South Africa	5
The processing behaviour of the sphalerites from the Big Syncline deposit, South Africa	5
The inﬂuence of humic substances on the weathering of PGE in chromitite of the Bushveld Complex: An experimental simulation of the weathering environment	5
Regional variance in alluvial sedimentation and revised stratigraphy of the Klipheuwel Group and Franschhoek Formation	4
Case study in the Northern Cape (Loopeng area), South Africa, confirming occurrence of a collapsible sand soil structure in transported soils	4
Unearthing hidden Gold: The potential of refractory ores of the Vaal and Crystalkop reefs in the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa	4
Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis of the West Rand Group, Witwatersrand Supergroup	4
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	4
A Review of the geological history of the Evander Basin with new insights into the deposition of the Kimberley Formation	4
Amphibolite facies metamorphism in lower Witwatersrand Supergroup rocks exposed in the Vredefort Dome – a Ventersdorp LIP connection	3
Palynomorph composition and palynofacies analysis of the Cenomanian Bahariya Formation in the north Western Desert of Egypt: Depositional palaeoenvironment and sequence stratigraphic implications	3
The Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Mineral systems analysis of its emplacement and timing of the PGE-Ni-Cu mineralisation	3
Dedicated to the late Professor Nic Beukes (1945 - 2023)	3

Impact structures and deposits of South Africa	3
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	3
Cyanobacteria-ferrihydrite aggregates, BIF sedimentation and implications for Archaean- Palaeoproterozoic seawater geochemistry	3
Phanerozoic palaeo-geothermal and exhumation constraints for Tanzanian cratonic rocks: Reconciling thermal conductivity of cover rocks and apatite fission track data from borehole samples	3
New constraints on the age of ore at Black Mountain mine, Bushmanland Ore District, South Africa	3
Petrogenesis of the Merensky Reef: The hydromagmatic (“Uppers”) model	3
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	3
The Merensky Reef in retrospect: a century of challenges, controversies, and conceptual shifts	3