Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Physical Sciences
Department of Geology
Maier, WD
PhD(Rhodes) - Associate Professor
NRF Rating: B2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3316
Fax number: 012 362 5219
E-mail address: wdmaier@scientia.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
Exploration for Southern African magmatic Cu-Ni-PGE sulphide ores
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Maier WD, Barnes S-J, Marsh JS: 2003. The concentrations of the noble metals in Southern African flood-type basalts and MORB: Implications for petrogenesis and magmatic sulphide exploration. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 146, pp 44-61.
Maier WD, Peltonen P, Grantham G, Mänttäri I: 2003. A new 1.9 Ga age for the Trompsburg intrusion, South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 212, pp 351-360.
Maier WD, Barnes S-J, Gartz V, Andrews G: 2003. Pt-Pd reefs magnetitites of the Stella layered intrusion, South Africa: A world of new exploration opportunities for plantinum group elements. Geology, 31 (10) / Oct, pp 885-888.
Maier WD, Roelofse F, Barnes S-J: 2003. The Concentration of the Platinum-Group Elements in South African Komatiites: Implications for Mantle Sources, Melting Regime and PGE Fractionation during Crystallization. Journal of Petrology, 44 (10), pp 1787-1804.
Maier WD, Barnes S-J: 2003. Platinum-group elements in the Boulder Bed, western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 38, pp 370-380.
Maier WD: 2003. The potential for magmatic Ni sulfide ores in South African komatiites: A review. South African Journal of Geology, 106, pp 35-40.
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