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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

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)	19
Okorusu tailings – Part I: General characterisation of superficial tailings	18
Dr Hans Merensky and the beginning of platinum mining in the Bushveld Complex	15
Cenozoic stratigraphy of South Africa: current challenges and future possibilities	13
New palaeomagnetic results from the Mesoarchaean Nsuze flood basalts, South Africa	11
Ascent and emplacement controls of mafic magmas in the mid crust − evidence from 3D modelling of basic bodies of the Koperberg Suite, Namaqualand	11
Microbial mat-induced microfacies in clastic deposits – An overview	10
The Greater Cederberg–False Bay Large Igneous Province in South Africa: A southern node of widespread magmatism associated with South Atlantic rifting	10
The inﬂuence of humic substances on the weathering of PGE in chromitite of the Bushveld Complex: An experimental simulation of the weathering environment	9
Misinterpretation of zircon ages in layered intrusions	9
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	9
Petroleum potential from Permian-Triassic strata of the Maniamba Basin, Mozambique: A preliminary characterisation	8
Uncovering the southern Bushveld Complex, using reflection seismic and gravity data	8
Andrieslombaardite, RhSbS, a new platinum-group mineral from the platiniferous Onverwacht Pipe, Republic of South Africa	8
The processing behaviour of the sphalerites from the Big Syncline deposit, South Africa	8
Regional variance in alluvial sedimentation and revised stratigraphy of the Klipheuwel Group and Franschhoek Formation	7
Case study in the Northern Cape (Loopeng area), South Africa, confirming occurrence of a collapsible sand soil structure in transported soils	7
Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis of the West Rand Group, Witwatersrand Supergroup	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
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	6
Amphibolite facies metamorphism in lower Witwatersrand Supergroup rocks exposed in the Vredefort Dome – a Ventersdorp LIP connection	6
New constraints on the age of ore at Black Mountain mine, Bushmanland Ore District, South Africa	6
A Review of the geological history of the Evander Basin with new insights into the deposition of the Kimberley Formation	6
Cyanobacteria-ferrihydrite aggregates, BIF sedimentation and implications for Archaean- Palaeoproterozoic seawater geochemistry	5
Pollen, charcoal and phytolith records from the Late Quaternary of southern Africa: vegetation and climate interpretations	5

The late Quaternary stratigraphy of coastal dunes and associated deposits in southern Africa	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
Preface	4
The Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Mineral systems analysis of its emplacement and timing of the PGE-Ni-Cu mineralisation	4
Dedicated to the late Professor Nic Beukes (1945 - 2023)	4
Phanerozoic palaeo-geothermal and exhumation constraints for Tanzanian cratonic rocks: Reconciling thermal conductivity of cover rocks and apatite fission track data from borehole samples	4
Petrogenesis of the Merensky Reef: The hydromagmatic (“Uppers”) model	4
Elemental proxy evidence for late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental change in southern African sedimentary records: interpretation and applications	4
Chronostratigraphic palaeo-climate phasing based on southern African wetlands: From the escarpment to the eastern seaboard	4