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Merkle, RKW
Dipl Min Dr rer nat (Mainz) - Associate Professor

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 420 3504
Fax number: 012 362 5219
E-mail address: rmerkle@postino.up.ac.za

Research interests:

Bushveld complex and related intrusions

Investigation of the behaviour of platinum group elements in natural systems and the application to technical processes

Applied Mineralogy

Research output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Franklyn CB, Merkle RKW: 2001. Surface contamination by smearing during polishing - a PIXE study. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 181, pp 140-144.

Franklyn CB, Ueckermann H, Merkle RKW: 2001. Accidental surface contamination - the effect on trace element analysis. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 181, pp 145-149.

Manoun B, De Waal D, Merkle RKW: 2001. The crystal chemistry and Raman spectroscopy of kimberlitic (G-9) garnets. Crystal Engineering, 4, pp 283-291.