Time Zone: South African Standard Time (SAST)
TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - DAY 1 (THURSDAY, 4th March 2021)
Time Item Responsible Person ZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2jfaSt4hQDudMceP33BDcw Session Chair: Dr David Khoza 08:30-08:45 Opening Address by the Conference Chairperson DR DAVID KHOZA 08:45-09:00 Welcome Address by the CEO of the Council for Geoscience MR MOSA MABUZA 09:00-09:35 OPENING KEYNOTE: Geoscience education in a changing world: The importance of what, where, when and why PROF. GILLIAN DRENNAN (UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND) 09:35-10:00 MORNING TEA GEOSCIENCE FOR MINERALS AND ENERGY Session Chair: Dr Taufeeq Dhansay 10:00-10:20 The Orange River Pegmatite Belt: A review on how geoscience mapping and research shed insight into lithium mineralisation MR SHANE DOGGART in the pegmatites of the Namaqua-Natal Metamorphic Province 10:20-10:40 Molteno–Indwe coalfield in the Eastern Cape Province: An overview MR ABDUL KENAN 10:40-11:00 Potential for rare-earth elements in the Molteno–Indwe coalfield, Eastern Cape Province MR MZOLI BREAKFAST 11:00-11:20 Coal petrography of the Molteno–Indwe coalfield MS CONNIE SETLADI 11:20-11:40 Regional stratigraphy of the Pletmos Basin MS Thulisile Sopete 11:40-12:10 KEYNOTE: A path towards improving efficiency in mineral resources management and exploration using artificial intelligence DR GLEN NWAILA (UNIVERSITY OF THE and machine learning WITWATERSRAND) 12:10-13:00 LUNCH PANEL DISCUSSION ON GEOSCIENCE APPLICATION FOR FOOD SECURITY Moderator: Ms Nondumiso Dlamini Panelists: Prof. Susan Webb, Ms Linah Maphanga and Dr Ethel Phiri GEOSCIENCE FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENT Session Chair: Dr Thakane Ntholi 13:00-13:20 Modelling of surface runoff, infiltration and diffuse pollutant loads in the eastern goldfields of the Witwatersrand using RINSPE DR ABRAHAM THOMAS 13:20-13:40 Maluti-a-Phofung tectonics: It’s not my fault DR TAUFEEQ DHANSAY 13:40-14:00 Monitoring the impact of coal mining on vegetation cover changes over the last four decades in the coalfields region of Ermelo MS NOLUVUYO DUDUMASHE using remote sensing data 14:00-14:30 KEYNOTE: Environmental geoscientific investigations: How much data is enough? DR HENK COETZEE (COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE) 14:30-14:45 AFTERNOON TEA
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Geoscience for minerals and energy Geoscience for water and environment Geoscience for infrastructure and land use Innovation in geoscience
COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE - conference 2021: Abstract book 1 Time Zone: South African Standard Time (SAST)
TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - DAY 1 (THURSDAY, 4th March 2021)
Time Item Responsible Person ZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2jfaSt4hQDudMceP33BDcw GEOSCIENCE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAND USE Session Chair: Ms Gabrielle Denner 14:45-15:05 Multitemporal mapping of conditioning factors that influence wind erosion in the Xolobeni region, Eastern Cape Wild Coast MS REBEKAH SINGH 15:05-15:25 Treatment of parameter and model uncertainties through a sensitivity analysis of seismic hazard in and around Johannesburg MR BRASSNAVY MANZUNZU 15:25-15:45 Modelling of air and ground vibrations from surface explosions MS MICHELLE GROBBELAAR
16:00-17:30 Virtual Poster Sessions - DAY 1 (THURSDAY, 4th March 2021) Poster no. Title of poster abstract Author Session Chair: Dr Nigel Hicks POSTER 1: National Core Library and CCUS – taking geology back to basics MR THULANI MAUPA POSTER 2: Genesis and future of carbon capture, utilisation and storage in South Africa DR TONY SURRIDGE
POSTER 3: Surface environmental monitoring to support safe storage of CO2 MS GCOBISA MELAMANE
POSTER 4: Preliminary reservoir evaluation of Klipriviersberg basalts as CO2 host MR MTHOKOZISI TWALA POSTER 5: Implementation of a RAPS system at Witkranz 53 IT (Carolina, MP) MR MAFETO MALATJI POSTER 6: Preliminary results from the ongoing Karoo deep drilling in the main Karoo Basin MS HAAJIERAH MOSAVEL POSTER 7: Feasibility study of in situ mine water treatment in flooded underground mines using waste concrete MS SISANDA GCASAMBA POSTER 8: Validation of the performance of the AirCon-2 sampler and the E-sampler for capturing airborne dust from former asbestos DR MAPHUTI KWATA mine dumps in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces POSTER 9: Evidence-based research on selected artisanal mining sites in South Africa MS KGOTHATSO NHLENGETWA POSTER 10: Passive treatment of polluted mine water using an up-scaled reducing alkalinity producing system in South Africa MS GLORIA DUBE POSTER 11: Evaluation of potential acid mine drainage: A case study of the Albert Silver Mine, Mpumalanga Province MR SIMON NGOMANE POSTER 12: Assessment of coal quality in the Molteno–Indwe coalfield, Eastern Cape Province MR LOUIS KIRSTEIN POSTER 13: A robust technique for the environmental analysis of vinyl chloride and methyl ethyl ketone in soil and water matrices MS HUGONETTE RICHTER POSTER 14: Integrated geoscientific mapping of the Giyani greenstone belt and surrounding areas MS NDHIVHUWO MUKOSI POSTER 15: The structural evolution of the Bumbeni Complex, northern KwaZulu-Natal MR MAWANDE NCUME
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TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - DAY 2 (FRIDAY, 5th March 2021)
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ZOOM LINK 1: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JtJfG1UsSziZzl618rCZUg ZOOM LINK 2: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O8IPGVC5QcWni9vpY70UkQ
GEOSCIENCE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAND USE GEOSCIENCE FOR MINERALS AND ENERGY Session Chair: Mr Willem Meintjes Session Chair: Ms Musarrat Safi
08:30-09:00 KEYNOTE: Challenges and opportunities facing DR PETER DAY (JONES 08:30-08:50 Risky business – why geoscience and human MS ZAHN NEL geotechnical and geological professionals in AND WAGNER) development programmes may not suffice in South Africa winning and maintaining a social licence to operate 09:00-09:20 Influential drivers affecting Anthropocene MS DEBBIE CLAASSEN 08:50-09:00 Videos displaying some of the work done by Council for Geoscience fluctuations in gully expansion, Mthatha, Eastern Cape 09:20-09:40 Updated seismic source model of South Africa DR VUNGANAI MIDZI 09:00-09:20 Palaeontology collections at the CGS – not MS SAMUKELISIWE going the way of the dinosaur MTSHALI 09:40-10:00 Usefulness of hyperspectral remote sensing data DR ABRAHAM THOMAS 09:20-09:40 Geoheritage in the digital frontier: Using DR CAMERON PENN- to aid in geoscientific studies: A case study using geological maps to make geoheritage apps CLARKE a 1:50 000-scale map sheet of Namaqualand
10:00-10:10 Videos displaying some of the work done by Council for Geoscience 09:40-10:10 KEYNOTE: Why medical geology is important PROF. HASSINA MOURI in Africa (UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG) 10:10-10:20 Morning Tea
GEOSCIENCE FOR MINERALS AND ENERGY GEOSCIENCE FOR MINERALS, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Session Chair: Ms Cecilia Mukosi Session Chair: Ms Debbie Claassen
10:20-10:50 KEYNOTE: The Bushveld Complex drilling PROF. SUSAN WEBB 10:20-10:50 KEYNOTE: Marine geoscience perspectives DR HAYLEY CAWTHRA project of the international continental scientific (UNIVERSITY OF THE on mapping and studying South Africa’s blue (COUNCIL FOR drilling programme — building a reference WITWATERSRAND) backyard GEOSCIENCE) section through the Bushveld Complex 10:50-11:10 The weights of evidence and logistic regression MS ZININZI PHIKISO 10:50-11:10 Enabling a low-carbon economy with a large DR TAUFEEQ DHANSAY approaches for mineral prospectivity mapping: A igneous province case study of Cu mineralisation in the vicinity of the town of Springbok, Northern Cape
ZOOM LINK 1: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JtJfG1UsSziZzl618rCZUg ZOOM LINK 2: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O8IPGVC5QcWni9vpY70UkQ
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TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - DAY 2 (FRIDAY, 5th March 2021)
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GEOSCIENCE FOR MINERALS AND ENERGY GEOSCIENCE FOR MINERALS, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Session Chair: Ms Cecilia Mukosi Session Chair: Ms Debbie Claassen 11:10-11:30 Geological study of the supergene North West MR BENEDICT PHAROE 11:10-11:30 Preliminary findings of CCUS potential in the DR NIGEL HICKS manganese mineralisation: Implication for ore northern Karoo Basin genesis and potential of industrial development 11:30-11:50 Application of systematic regional geochemical MR MAHLOGONOLO 11:30-11:50 Application of spectral mineral identification DR JANINE COLE mapping data to generate targets for mineral KOBOLA using hyperspectral data in Namaqualand, exploration in the Jan Kempdorp area, North Northern Cape Province West Province 11:50-12:10 Geochemical atlas of the Naples mapped area, MS MOLEBOGENG 11:50-12:10 KEYNOTE: Bridging the gap between MS NONDUMISO Griqualand West MODIBA geoscience and society DLAMINI (COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE) 12:10-13:10 LUNCH GEOSCIENCE FOR MINERALS, WATER AND ENVIRONMENT INNOVATION IN GEOSCIENCE Session Chair: Ms Lufuno Ligavha-Mbelengwa Session Chair: Mr Neo Moabi 13:10-13:35 Investigations of enriched geochemical elements MR ROBERT 13:10-13:35 KEYNOTE: Geoscience innovation: Past, DR EMMANUEL from the regional stream sediments in the Riet– NETSHITUNGULWANA present and future trends SAKALA (COUNCIL FOR Olifants catchment GEOSCIENCE)
13:35-13:55 Geochemical atlas of the Kgomohute mapped MS NTHABISENG 13:35-13:55 Full-tensor magnetic gradiometer – deployment MR LOUIS POLOMÉ area MASHALE of the low-temperature SQUID-based system 13:55-14:15 Structural controls of polymetallic mineralisation MR RAMES CHAUKE 13:55-14:15 Optimising earthquake waveform analysis – A MR IAN SAUNDERS in the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa: bi-directional approach Investigation of the spatial association of the Wonderkop Fault with mineralisation
14:15-14:35 Reactivity of plagioclase-rich slimes in extractive MS SAMEERA 14:15-14:45 KEYNOTE: The impact of aftershocks on MS THIFHELIMBILU processes MOHAMED the seismotectonics of the 2017 Moiyabana, MULABISANA (COUNCIL Botswana earthquake FOR GEOSCIENCE) 14:35-15:05 KEYNOTE: Magnetotelluric technique: PROF. MODRECK Examples of geophysical surveys for production GOMO (UNIVERSITY boreholes OF THE FREE STATE)
15:00-15:20 AFTERNOON TEA
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DAY 2 (Friday, 5th March 2021)
ZOOM LINK 1: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JtJfG1UsSziZzl618rCZUg
15:20-15:50 PANEL DISCUSSION AND POSTER SESSION - GEOHERITAGE/PALAEONTOLOGY Moderator: Dr Cameron Penn-Clarke Panelists: Prof Marion Bamford, Prof Jonah Choiniere, Dr Johann Neveling, Ms Samukelisiwe Mtshali and Prof Barry Millsteed
15:50- 16:45 Poster Session Chair: Dr Patrick Cole
Poster no. Title of poster abstract Author
POSTER 1: The skeletons in our closet...Dusting off the hidden treasures of the CGS palaeontological collections DR CAMERON PENN-CLARKE
POSTER 2: Dawn of the (digital) dinosaur: Integrating the historic palaeontological collections of the CGS with state of the art database techniques MR LOUIS JONK
POSTER 3: The CGS’s unmatched wealth of Antarctic legacy data MR NEO MOABI
POSTER 4: Mapping ground subsidence in the Kuruman and Daniëlskuil areas over a period of 44 days from 7 October to 20 November 2018 DR ABRAHAM THOMAS
POSTER 5: Macroseismic survey of the 6 February 2016 KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa earthquake MR VICTOR MAPURANGA
POSTER 6: An assessment of critical minerals: A South African perspective in the current Covid-19 pandemic MS KEABETSWE LEHONG
POSTER 7: Karst development in the Griqualand West area — a look at geohazards and environmental impacts MS PONANI MTHEMBI
POSTER 8: Spatial variation of efflorescent crusts in the vicinity of the Sabie goldfield, Mpumalanga Province MR RUDZANI LUSUNZI
Mineralogy and paragenetic study of the Campbell and Artonvilla copper deposits, Limpopo Mobile Belt, South Africa: Implication for the POSTER 9: DR HUMBULANI MUNDALAMO genesis of the Messina copper deposits
POSTER 10: An investigation into alluvial diamonds within the Griqualand West area, Northern Cape Province: Does potential still remain? MS KEABETSWE LEHONG
POSTER 11: Geological and petrochemical investigation of the Mushithe coal, Soutpansberg coalfield: Implication for site location for borehole drilling MR THANGENI MPHANAMA
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