Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Physical Sciences
Department of Geology
Merkle, RKW
Dipl Min Dr rer nat (Mainz) - Professor and Acting Head
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
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:
Malitch KN, Merkle RKW: 2004. Ru-Os-Ir-Pt and Pt-Fe alloys from the Evander Goldfield, Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa: Detrital origin inferred from compositional and osmium-isotope data. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, pp 631-650.
Nomade S, Renne P R, Merkle RKW: 2004. 40Ar39Ar Age constraints on ore deposition and cooling of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 161, pp 411-420.
Merkle RKW, Loubser M, Gräser PPH: 2004. Incongruent dissolution of chromite in lithium tetraborate flux. X-Ray Spectrometry, 33 / Oct, pp 222-224.
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