2024 Publications
Bourdeau, J. E., Zhang, S. E., Nwaila, G. T., & Ghorbani, Y. (2024). Data generation for exploration geochemistry: Past, present and future. Applied Geochemistry, 172, 106124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2024.106124
Ferreira, E., Lehmann, J., Rodrigues, J. F., Hayes, B., Merino-Martínez, E., Milani, L., Bybee, G. M., Owen-Smith, T. M., García-Lobón, J. L., Colombo, C. G., Tassinari, C. C. G., Ueckermann, H., Sato, K., Bravo Silva, P., Correia, J., Labaredas, J., Duarte, L., Molekwa, M. A., Manuel, J., & Victorino, A. D. L. (2024). Zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes reveal the crustal evolution of the SW Angolan Shield (Congo Craton). Gondwana Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.03.010
Ghorbani, Y., Ilankoon, I. M. S. K., Dushyantha, N., & Nwaila, G. T. (2025). Rare earth permanent magnets for the green energy transition: Bottlenecks, current developments and cleaner production solutions. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 212, 107966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107966
Ghorbani, Y., Zhang, S. E., Bourdeau, J. E., Chipangamate, N. S., Rose, D. H., Valodia, I., & Nwaila, G. T. (2024). The strategic role of lithium in the green energy transition: Towards an OPEC-style framework for green energy-mineral exporting countries (GEMEC). Resources Policy, 90, 104737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.104737
Gibson, R. L., Wela, S. S., Vonopartis, L. C., & Andreoli, M. A. G. (2024). Melt breccias in parautochthonous basement rocks of the Morokweng impact structure, South Africa – Evidence for a friction origin. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 105239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105239
Hayes, B., Maghdour-Mashhour, R., Ashwal, L. D., Smith, A. J. B., Ueckermann, H., & Vermeulen, J. (2024). Melt infiltration in a crystal mush and pegmatite formation in the platiniferous Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-024-01278-z
Hayes, B., Ashwal, L. D., Khumalo, K., & Iaccheri, L. M. (2024). Major, trace element and Sr-Nd isotope evidence for a sublithospheric mantle source for the Umkondo Large Igneous Province. Geoscience Frontiers, 15(1), 101719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2023.101719
Khumalo, K. B., Ashwal, L. D., Hayes, B., Iaccheri, L. M., Meintjes, G. P., & Webb, S. J. (2024). Neoarchean lavas of the Ventersdorp large igneous province, South Africa: Sr-Nd-Hf isotope and trace element constraints on magmatic processes and mantle sources. Earth-Science Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104752
Milani, L. M., Oosthuizen, L., Owen-Smith, T. M., Bybee, G. M., Hayes, B., Lehmann, J., & Jelsma, H. A. (2024). In-situ trace elements in magnetite as a proxy to metallogenetic processes: A study on mafic-ultramafic peripheral intrusions in the Kunene Complex in Angola and Namibia. Mineralium Deposita. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-024-01288-x
Nwaila, G. T., Bourdeau, J. E., Zhang, S. E., Chipangamate, N., Valodia, I., Mahboob, M. A., Lehohla, T., Shimaponda-Nawa, M., Durrheim, R. J., & Ghorbani, Y. (2024). A systematic framework for compilation of critical raw material lists and their importance for South Africa. Resources Policy, 93, 105045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105045
Nwaila, G.T., Zhang, S.E., Bourdeau, J.E. et al. Mineral Reconnaissance Through Scientific Consensus: First National Prospectivity Maps for PGE–Ni–Cu–Cr and Witwatersrand-type Au Deposits in South Africa. Nat Resour Res 33, 2357–2384 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-024-10390-w
Shimaponda-Nawa, M., & Nwaila, G. T. (2024). Integrated and intelligent remote operation centres (I2ROCs): Assessing the human–machine requirements for 21st century mining operations. Minerals Engineering, 207, 108565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2023.108565
Tshinavhe, T. A., McFadzean, B., Nwaila, G., & Becker, M. (2024). Decoupling the effect of hydraulic oil contamination on the flotation performance of UG2 PGE ore and its interaction with alteration minerals. Minerals Engineering, 216, 108881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2024.108881
Vonopartis, L. C., Booysen, R., Nex, P. A. M., Kinnaird, J. A., & Robb, L. J. (2022). Combined satellite and portable XRF exploration mapping of the Zaaiplaats tin field, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 125(1), 45–60. https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.125.0006
Vonopartis, L. C., Kinnaird, J. A., Nex, P. A. M., & Robb, L. J. (2021). African A-Type granites: A geochemical review on metallogenic potential. Lithos, 396–397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106229
Vonopartis, L. C., Nex, P. A. M., Kinnaird, J. K., & Robb, L. J. (2020). Evaluating the changes from endogranitic magmatic to magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization: The Zaaiplaats tin granites, bushveld igneous complex, South Africa. Minerals, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/min10040379
Zhang, S.E., Bourdeau, J.E., Nwaila, G.T. et al. Denoising of Geochemical Data using Deep Learning–Implications for Regional Surveys. Nat Resour Res 33, 495–520 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-024-10317-5
Zhang, S.E., Lawley, C.J.M., Bourdeau, J.E. et al. Workflow-Induced Uncertainty in Data-Driven Mineral Prospectivity Mapping. Nat Resour Res 33, 995–1023 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-024-10322-8
Books
Nwaila, G., Tolmay, L., & Burnett, M. (2024). Geostatistics Notes for Practitioners (1st ed.). CRC Press. Buy a copy on campus at the School of Geosciences or here: https://www.routledge.com/Geostatistics-Notes-for-Practitioners/Nwaila-Tolmay-Burnett/p/book/9781032599267
Book Chapters
Atif, I., Mahboob, M. A., Shoko, C., & Nwaila, G. T. (2024). Big data and analytical algorithms for climate variability. In T. Dube, M. D. Shekede, C. Shoko, & T. D. Mushore (Eds.), Remote Sensing of Climate (pp. 29–49). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21731-9.00005-3