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UCT December Graduation 2023
Congratulations to Aidan Wilton, Senate Mrakabei, Loyce Mpangala and Zuko Qashani who have all been capped with a Master's degree in Geological Sciences at UCT's December graduation on the 15th of December 2023!
The oldest fossil bird-like footprints from the upper Triassic of southern Africa
A new article published by Dr Miengah Abrahams and Prof Emese Bordy describes the oldest bird-like footprints, predating basal birds by ~60 million years. Read the article coverage on News Scientist
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Sinelethu Hashibi gets awarded the prestigious Katia and Maurice Krafft Award (EGU)!
Huge congratulations to the head translator at Chosi Ndabazomhlaba for getting the Katia & Maurice Krafft Award from EGU for the outstanding outreach work she does with Dr. Tostevin, translating geological stories into isiXhosa!
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Micronutrient availability in Precambrian oceans controlled by greenalite formation
Check out Dr. Rosalie Tostevin's research on the role played by geological processes in controlling availability of nutrients for fueling development of early life. Check out the back story on the University of Oxford's News!
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Tuesday Lunchtime Seminars
The Department of Geological Sciences hosts a lunchtime seminar series on Tuesdays. We have a range of speakers from across the globe, from both industry and academia. Check the calendar for the next seminar!
Petrogenesis of the Dar al Gani (DaG) 1.1 Ma ejection-paired olivine-phyric shergottites and implications for ~470 Ma Martian volcanism
Recent MSc graduate Tarryn Aucamp published her research in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences where she studied a suite of Martian meteorites to constrain magmatism on Mars.
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Caught in the act: Diamond growth and destruction in the continental lithosphere
Check out the recent research, led by Dr. Geoffrey Howarth, on the origin of diamonds using computed tomography, which made it onto the cover of the June 2023 issue of GEOLOGY.
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Karoo firewalkers make tracks amid lava flows!
UCT Associate Prof Emese Bordy and colleagues describe vertebrate trackways that offer rare insights about ancient life in a stressful, hostile environment some 183 million years ago in the Early Jurassic.
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Geologist on a Rock
On this months episode of Geologist on a Rock we're joined by MSc student Anza Ramagadane. Anza works on normal faults in Limpopo.
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