Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Physical Sciences
Department of Geology
Maier, WD
PhD(Rhodes) - 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:
Prichard HM, Barnes S-J, Maier WD, Fisher PC: 2004. Variations in the nature of the platinum-group minerals in a cross-section through the Merensky Reef at Impala Platinum: Implications for the mode of formation of the reef. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, pp 423-437.
Barnes S-J, Maier WD, Ashwal LD: 2004. Platinum-group element distribution in the Main Zone and Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Chemical Geology, 208, pp 293-317.
Maier WD, Gomwe T, Barnes S-J, Li C, Theart HFJ: 2004. Platinum Group Elements in the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Economic Geology and The Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 99, pp 499-516.
Li C, Ripley EM, Merino E, Maier WD: 2004. Replacement of base metal sulfides by actinolite, epidote, calcite, and magnetite in the UG2 and Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Economic Geology and The Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 99, pp 173-184.
Li C, Xu Z, de Waal SA, Ripley EM, Maier WD: 2004. Compositional variations of olivine from the Jinchuan Ni-Cu sulfide deposit, western China: Implications for ore genesis. Mineralium Deposita, 39, pp 159-172.
Maier WD, Barnes S-J: 2004. Pt/Pd and Pd/Ir ratios in mantle-derived magmas: A possible role for mantle metasomatism. South African Journal of Geology, 107, pp 333-340.
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