Phase I - Proposal Book

Key results in the Special Inkaba yeAfrica 2007 Issue of          SA Journal of Geology (SAJG)

Topics and Project Leaders:

1. Earth and Ocean monitoring network across southern Africa (SADC): a long-term regional project to support multi- disciplinary earth science          
                   Dr Ludwig Combrinck, HartRAO, South Africa
                   Dr Jürgen Neumeyer, GFZ Potsdam, Germany
   
   
2. Geomagnetic field variations in the southern African region and its link to global geomagnetic field evolution         
                   Prof. Mioara Mandea and Dr. Monika Korte GFZ Potsdam, Germany
                   Dr Peter Sutcliffe and Dr Pieter Kotze, HMO Hermanus, South Africa
   
   
3. Epeirogenic history of southern Africa: tracking 200 million years of uplift, exhumation, erosion: relationship to the deep Africa mantle and influence on climate
                   Prof. Maarten de Wit, University of Cape Town, South Africa
                   Dr Samuel Niedermann and Prof. Jörg Erzinger, GFZ Potsdam, Germany
   
   
4. Rock bursts , gas release and earthquake hazards in deep gold mines               
                   Dr Steve Spottiswoode, CSIR , South Africa
                   Prof. Georg Dresen and Prof. Jörg Erzinger, GFZ Potsdam , Germany

Topics and Project Leaders:

1. The Western (Atlantic) volcanic rifted margin: lithospheric structures, magmatic processes and offshore basin evolution
                       Prof. Michael Weber and Dr Robert Trumbull, GFZ Potsdam, Germany
                       Prof. David Reid University of Cape Town, South Africa
                       Dr Sönke Neben, BGR Hannover, Germany
                       Coenraad de Beer, Council for Geoscience, South Africa
    
   
2. The Agulhas – Karoo Geoscience Transect: from a sheared margin to the continental interior
                       Prof. Maarten de Wit, University of Cape Town, South Africa
                       Luc Chevallier, Council for Geoscience, South Africa
                       Dr Oliver Ritter, Dr Ute Weckmann, Dr Trond Ryberg, GFZPotsdam
                       Dr Karsten Gohl AWI Bremerhaven, Germany
                       Prof. Reginald Domoney, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
    
   
3. The South-east African margin and its marine basins and ridge systems
                       Prof. Mike Wattkeys, University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa
                       Dr Wilfried Jokat AWI Bremerhaven, Germany
                       Dr Christian Reichert, BGR Hannover, Germany
    
   
4. Dredge sampling of the South Atlantic Volcanic Ridges and Seamounts
                       Prof. Anton leRoex University of Cape Town, South Africa
                       Prof. Mike Wattkeys, University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa
                       Dr Wilfried Jokat AWI Bremerhaven, Germany

Topics and Project Leaders:

1. Generation, migration and sequestration of natural gas during post-breakup history of the South African continental margin
                        Prof. George Smith, University of Cape Town, South Africa
                        Prof. Reginald Domoney, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
                        Prof. Brian Horsfield, and Rolando diPrimio, GFZ Potsdam, Germany
   
   
2. Seismic stratigraphy of the South Atlantic marine basins: clues to Neogene-Quaternary changes in tectonics, ocean currents and sea level
                        Dr Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, GFZ Potsdam, Germany
                        Dr Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben, AWI Bremerhaven, Germany
                        Prof. Reginald Domoney, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
   
   
3. Neogene – Quaternary paleo-oceanography from the geochemistry of sediment successions on the South African margin
                        Prof. John Compton, University of Cape Town, South Africa
                       Dr Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben, AWI Bremerhaven, Germany
   
   
4. Past preciptiation patterns in South Africa from lake climate archives, relation to southern oscillation and the Antarctic Ice Regime
                       Prof. Tim Partridge, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
                       Dr Hedwig Oberhänsli, GFZ Potsdam , Germany