INKABA YEAFRICA – IYA – END OF YEAR REPORT – DECEMBER …inkaba.aeon.org.za › publications › reports › phaseII › Inkaba... · 2017-07-20 · 3 D:\MyDocs\Work Documents\Inkaba

$Page 1: INKABA YEAFRICA – IYA – END OF YEAR REPORT – DECEMBER …inkaba.aeon.org.za › publications › reports › phaseII › Inkaba... · 2017-07-20 · 3 D:\MyDocs\Work Documents\Inkaba$
1

D:\MyDocs\Work Documents\Inkaba Annual Reports_Stats etc\2010_YE-Report\Inkaba_YearEnd_Report 2010_v2.DOCX

INKABA YEAFRICA – IYA – END OF YEAR REPORT – DECEMBER 2010 () ....................................................................... 2

1. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2010 ................................................................................. 2

1.1 IyA Students numbers increase to 106 ..................................................................................................... 2

1.2 IyA’s first PhD, Daniel Moeketsi, Phase I student, becomes IyA Phase II PhD mentor ................................ 3

1.3 IyA Msc student graduates with distinction in record time ....................................................................... 3

1.4 First jointly supervised –GFZ-AEON IyA PhD student graduates ................................................................ 3

1.5 Successful 7th Inkaba yeAfrica Workshop “Getting Deeper into the System“ in Germany ......................... 3

1.6 NRF opens 7th IyA Workshop with an eye-opening orientation session .................................................... 4

1.7 First Technical University – TUT - joins IyA ............................................................................................... 4

1.8 Shale Gas – new projects and new challenges ......................................................................................... 4

2. FUNDING AND MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................. 6

3. PLANS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 2011 ............................................................................................ 7

3.1 Publication of Special Inkaba yeAfrica Science Publication ....................................................................... 7

4. OUTREACH ...................................................................................................................................... 7

5. MAJOR EVENTS AT WHICH IYA WILL BE REPRESENTED - 2011 ..................................................................... 7

6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 8

7. APPENDIX 1 - STUDENT STATISTICS 2010 .............................................................................................. 9

8. APPENDIX 2 - PARTICIPATION AT THE LAST 3 IYA WORKSHOPS ..................................................................14

9. APPENDIX 3 - PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS ..........................................................................................15

10. APPENDIX 4 – OVERVIEW OF IYA PROJECTS ...........................................................................................15

11. APPENDIX 5 - AGENDA 7TH IYA WORKSHOP, NOVEMBER 2010 (PDF FILE) ...................................................19

12. APPENDIX 6 – STUDENT REPORTS ........................................................................................................20

2


Co-ordinating office “Outreach”: Prof Marian Tredoux, UFS, Bloemfontein Co-ordinating office "Student Affairs and Events: Ms Elronah Schaap (Smit), Pretoria

www.inkaba.org

INKABA yeAfrica – IyA – end of year Report – December 2010 (1)

Inkaba yeAfrica is Big Science The scale and complexity of Inkaba yeAfrica are what set it apart from most Earth science efforts globally. Much of the science carried out requires layout of expensive field and laboratory equipment, the use of marine research vessels and various satellites. The science teams are taking on truly Grand Challenges of urgent socio-economic needs to meet the extreme complexities of sustainable development in our present and future world. Capacity building is central to all Inkaba yeAfrica projects.

1. Summary of News and Highlights from 2010 As the end of the year approaches, we can look back on key news and events from 2010. Highlights include:

1.1 IyA Students numbers increase to 106 During the 2nd half of 2010, the IyA student numbers increased from 84 students to 106. This followed deliberate communication efforts in mid-year with existing and potential new supervisors; a notice board flyer to University Departments by e-mail to all Inkaba participants, and explicit announcements on IyA’s website- www.inkaba.org. For further details on student statistics see Appendix 1.

1 All documents referred to in this report are downloadable from www.inkaba.org For more 2010 details see Mid-Year Report to DST/NRF: www.inkaba.org/Publications/Reports)

http://www.inkaba.org/



3


1.2 IyA’s first PhD, Daniel Moeketsi, Phase I student, becomes IyA Phase II PhD mentor Daniel Moeketsi, Phase I student who successfully completed his PhD under mentorship of Prof Ludwig Combrink, is now mentoring his own Inkaba yeAfrica student, Valentino v.d. Heyde (ex-CSIR, registered at UWC). Valentino is thus the first Inkaba yeAfrica’s 2nd-generation PhD student.

1.3 IyA Msc student graduates with distinction in record time Ms Donna Boyd (deaf, black female) MSc student graduated in December 2010, with distinction. Thesis topic: Natural gas leakage from off-shore reservoirs with implications for climate change. Time taken: 17 months + 3 to complete the examination process =20 months. This sets time- management targets for others to follow. IyA students should aim at 18 months to complete their work.

1.4 First jointly supervised –GFZ-AEON IyA PhD student graduates John Decker became the first joinly RSA-German supervised IyA student to graduate with a PhD. His thesis‚ ‘Landscape Evolution and equilibrium in Southern Africa‘ is based on cosmogenic induced nucleides of noble gases that were analysed in the GFZ laboratory of Dr S Niederman, made possible through the joint IyA-GFZ funding system. Decker‘s work sets new standards in quantifying erosion rates and soil formation across southern Africa.

1.5 Successful 7th Inkaba yeAfrica Workshop “Getting Deeper into the System“ in Germany The 7th Inkaba workshop was held on November 1-5, in Potsdam, Germany, hosted by the Helmoltz GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam. The workshop was openened by the Director Prof Dr Hüttl, followed followed by other welcomes from Mr M Chetty (SA Embassy, Berlin) and Mrs.K Pistor (Brandenburg Ministry of Science, Research and Technology). A total of 114 researchers participated, including a number of invited European Scientists representing programmes with ties to IyA. A list of delegates and the contacts; an abstract volume of presented talks, is available online (www.inkaba.org).

Distinguished Guests at Inkaba yeAfrica 7th Annual Workshop, November 1-5, 2010, Potsdam, Germany Mr. Mahesch CHETTY : First Secretary - Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Berlin Mr. L.Glen MAMABOLO : Second Secretary - Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Berlin Mrs. Konstanze PISTOR: Department of Science and Research - Brandenburg Ministry of Science, Research & Culture Mr. Robert KRIGER


4


Executive Director of International Relations & Cooperation - National Research Foundation of South Africa Frau Anna-Margareta PETERS: Former German Embassador to South Africa Prof. Ulrich GLASMACHER: University of Heidelberg – representing the DFG Priority-Programme SAMPLE Prof. Francois GUILLOCHEU: University of Rennes – representing the French Programmes !Khure Africa and TOPO-Africa Prof. Tilman SPOHN: DLR Institute of Planetary Research Berlin ( Evening lecture Planetary Evolution and Life) Prof. Venugopalan ITTEKKOT Leibniz Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology ZMT, Bremen – representing BMBF Programme SPACES

55 SA IyA students, out of a total SA IyA delegation of 76 attended this year’s workshop. This is a record number of students compared to the previous workshops (see Appendix 2 for comparisons with previous 2 workshops). Student feedback reports indicate excellent organisation by GFZ hosts - see Appendix 6. This year, for the first time at IyA workshops, short courses and laboratory visits were organised at this workshop. Three (3) short courses were offered: 1. Frontiers in microanalysis: secondary ion mass spectrometry SIMS 2. Quantifying surface processes from cosmic ray-induced nuclides 3. Geodynamics of sedimentary basins All students attended at least one of these courses Two afternoon visits to GFZ geo-engineering sites were organised to showcase major GFZ projects; all students participated. 1. CO2 capture and sequestration pilot plant at Ketzin 2. Geothermal pilot plant at Gross-Schoenebeck, Friday afternoon)

1.6 NRF opens 7th IyA Workshop with an eye-opening orientation session NRF executive director of International Relations Cooperation, Robert Kriger, conducted IyA’s first student discourse and introspection session on the day before the workshop. The session got interdisciplinary interaction off to a good start and by all student accounts this orientation session was extremely successful; and beneficial. Student feedback indicates a real need for such sessions, particularly because of the wide spectrum of scientific and cultural diversity amongst the students from 8 difference universities. Students have since requested that IyA organise an annual "Winter School". Plans for such a "School" have been set in motion and the first is planned for mid-2011 at the Saarsveld Campus of NMMU in George. For more information see student feed-back reports in Appendix 6.

1.7 First Technical University – TUT - joins IyA Tshwane University of Technology became the first South African technical insitution to join IyA in 2010. This is particularly appropriate, as many aspects of the SA-German relations especially with GFZ-Potsdam are of a technical nature. Of central interest is TUT’s role in developing technical equipment for a Science Train; a new fluid-driven and cooled turbine drill core for deep drilling programs; and help with HartRAO’s geodetic centre in Matjiesfontein.

1.8 Shale Gas – new projects and new challenges Research on gas-bearing shales is expanding rapidly across the world, especially in USA and Europe. The first comprehensive shale gas study in Europe (GASHeu) is run by a multinational expert task force

5


drawn from research institutions, geological surveys, universities and consultants. Its overall goal is to predict shale gas formation and occurrence in time and space, and it is coordinated through GFZ-Potsdam, our main German Inkaba yeAfrica partner. GASH focuses on the potential gas shales of Europe. Importantly, it also integrates proven US gas shales for calibration of key variables. With the help and coordination of GFZ, AEON has also initiated a gas shale program South Africa (GASHsa) within the Inkaba yeAfrica framework. There is active participation by parastatals like PetroSA. To initiate GASHsa, a one day workshop ‘Shale Gas Evaluation: Theory and Practice’ was organised in Cape Town, UCT (01 March, 2110). The workshop was attended by 101 people, including 35 students, representing 21 companies (public and private), 4 parastatals, and 4 universities. Shale gas lectures were given by German experts Brian Horsfield and Hans-Martin Schulz (GFZ-Potsdam), followed by overviews on the Karoo by local experts.

6


Pilot University study – Karoo Shale Gas project A student pilot gas shale project was initiated in December 2010. 18 student from UCT (10), NMMU (4), UWC(4) spend two months doing field work throughout the Karoo Basin to characterize the outcrop patters of potential organic rich shales (mostly the Prince Albert and Collingham Forrmations) and their spatial association with Karoo sills that may have affected thermal degradation of the organic materials. The work was supplemented with extensive literature research, post-fieldwork data analyses, followed-up by a 2 day workshop at AEON in Cape Town (27-29 February 2010). A detailed report was produced, which can serve as a useful guide for energy companies exploring in the region. Since then, 12 new Inkaba yeAfrica Karoo graduate student projects at SU, UCT and NMMU have started (under subprojects 1.5 a & b - see appendix 2). Additional projects based at UWC are also underway, and these will be reported on at the end of 2010. The involvement will allow for both a better understanding of the energy potential of the Karoo Basin, and also form a fundamental basis from which to evaluate environmental and biodiversity issues related to future potential gas shale exploitation. Student Workshop (Feb 2010) Agenda: Presentation of Karoo areas covered, logistics, data collected Presentation of results, outcrops, maps and data bases See appendix 3 Outcomes GASHsa: Potential Inkaba yeAfrica projects for Hons/Msc/PhD students for Shale Gas project in South Africa: The GASHsa program is subdivided into two fundamental parts: • Compilation of Karoo black shale database • Basic research on the key elements of Karoo gas shales. The following subprojects are envisaged to be pursued over the next 2 years: Natural laboratory: Mapping and spatial rock characterisation • Karoo basins – principally on the Prince Albert and Whitehill Formations Basic research: Regional scale: • Source and reservoir properties of organic matter • Basin and fracture modeling • Advanced exploration geophysics • Advanced basin modeling techniques Reservoir scale: • Source and reservoir properties of organic matter • Sedimentological, diagenetic and tectonic control of sweet spots • Single- and multiphase (gas-water) flow • Rock physics of black shales • Microbial methane generation Several of these topics have now been adopted into the Inkaba yeAfrica program

2. Funding and Management Funding of R7.5 million was awarded by DST and NRF in March 2010, and a carry forward of R 4.5 million in April. The total available for 2010 was R12,030,100.00. 95% of 2010 funds were utilized, with

7


most of the funds allocated to student bursaries and their research needs. The total cost for attendance at the annual workshop was close to R1,3 million (student travel costs and accommodation borne by RSA; GFZ funded all local costs of the workshop including organization, living and local transport). 2010 German financial support for Inkaba ye Africa was ca. 1 million Euro and, in the absence of DFG/BMBF funding, this German funding comes entirely through the Helmholz-Centre for Geosciences, GFZ-Potsdam. South Africa and GFZ jointly pay cost towards maintaining the Inkaba yeAfrica central administration office (and website - www.inkaba.org) based in Pretoria, run by Ms Elronah Smit. IyA NRF funds are uses to finance the “Outreach” coordinating office at the UFS. Inkaba yeAfrica’s science and capacity building is coordinated through Prof Brian Horsfield and Dr Robert Trumbull at GFZ, Prof Maarten de Wit at AEON, UCT, and Prof Marian Tredoux at UFS.

3. Plans and Future Developments 2011

3.1 Publication of Special Inkaba yeAfrica Science Publication IyA participants will contribute original research papers to a special issue of the SA Journal of Geology (SAJG). 29 Multiple-author papers have been submitted for peer review. This will be an important showcase for Inkaba yeAfrica Phase II, and an opportunity for students and young researchers to generate their first publication. The SAJG 2011 will come 4 years after the highly successful Special Volume No 110 that marked the achievements of Inkaba yeAfrica's Phase I. Guest editors: Maarten de Wit, RSA and Robert Trumbull, Germany.

4. Outreach

4.1 Inkaba’s AEON EarthWISE/UFS Outreach Programme held various teacher workshops (Planet Earth and Beyond incl. a Certificate of Completion). Extra geology lab boxes were constructed after requests from schools/science teachers, National Science Weeks, exhibits, adventure camps were held and leaders participated at Geoscience Education Conference (Wits) 29/8 – 3/9 2010.

4.2 HartRAO has also built up a Science Awareness Team for Outreach purposes.

4.3 Science and Technology Training - discussion to develop a S&T train are ongoing and initial plans for

construction are underway. Led by S Fourie of TUT. TUT IyA students (x3) (1 x D.Tech and 2 x B.Techs) are working on technical equipment design and development of this train. There will be an official IyA launch of the project at a Workshop in Matjiesfontein (28 March – 1 April 2011).

5. Major Events at which IyA will be represented - 2011

5.1 CAG23 - Colloquium of African Geoscience (UJ) : 8 – 14 January 2011 – Inkaba exhibit to be manned by post graduate Inkaba students

5.2 NRF’s 4th Annual Southern African PhD Project Conference and Expo - early May 5.3 S & T Train Launch and Space Geodesy Workshop (28 March-1 April) at Matjiesfontein


8


5.4 8th Inkaba Workshop 2011 – GeoSynthesis 2011 (28 August-2 September) as a parallel session at the Annual GSSA, SAGA, GASA Conference and Exhibit at the CTICC – Cape Town International Convention Centre.

6. Acknowledgements We are grateful to DST/NRF for their continued logistic and financial support, and to Prof Dr Hüttl, Exec Director of GFZ, for his continued generous financial and logistic support IyA. Warm thanks to Prof B Horsfield and Dr R Trumbull of GFZ for their truly collegiate collaborations, and all IyA mentors and researchers for their hard work and considerable input towards making IyA a truly student-focused, cutting-edge research program. Elronah Smit, Claudia Röhl, Nazla Hassen and Mariette Erwee (EarthWise) provided unwavering and indispensible support throughout 2010, without which it would all rapidly fall apart.

APPENDICES: 1. Students Statistics 2. Participation at IyA Workshops 3. Participating Institutions 4. Overview of IyA project 5. Agenda 7th Workshop 6. Student Reports

9


7. Appendix 1 - Student Statistics 2010

Despite a steady increase in the number of students graduating, student throughput is low. Graduation of 2010 Honours students is shown as " expected" because this report predates most of the 2010 graduation results at many of the participating universities.

Students and transformation Inkaba yeAfrica’s capacity building has continued to grow, largely due to generous student bursary support by NRF. Student participation has increased by nearly 300%, from 36 to 106 graduate students, with 70 new students joining in 2010. PhD students have increased by ca. 15%, whilst honours students have remained at the same level. The biggest increase (ca. 300%) has been in MSc students (58% of total 2010 students). The ratio of black:white students is slightly above 2:1; the female:male ratio = 3:2. The majority of the students are spread out amongst 7 RSA universities (US, UWC, UCT, UFS, NMMU, UP, TUT – see appendix 3). 2010 saw: the renewed involvement of WITS; a withdrawal of UKZN from participation; and a new member, TUT joined in, the first Technical University to do so (3 students). At the same time, collaboration with the Council for Geoscience has increased substantially, with young researchers from the council enrolling in graduate programs at UCT, US, NMMU and WITS. 18 students have benefited from visits to Germany in 2009-2010, 10 at Msc and 8 at PhD level. Presently 3 South African students are working with mentors at GFZ-Potsdam, doing experiments and studies as part of their degree training. This year three students that have previously spend time at GFZ will graduate (1 PhD, 2 MSc). Two new students (black woman) will start early 2011 with the geothermal group at GFZ; the second with the organic geochemistry and energy group.

10


10 South African undergraduate students from 4 different universities participated as Inkaba yeAfrica assistants in the 2010 Magnetotelluric experiment in Mpumalanga and/or the Shale Gas project in the Karoo.

Students and Capacity Building/Transformation The following is a synopsis of the RSA Inkaba yeAfrica students. For more details see Appendix 3, student project reports. 106 graduate students enrolled in 2010: 23 PhD 58 MSc 25 Hons

69 new graduate students joined in 2010: 08 PhD 38 MSc 23 Hons

Gender (out of 106 total) 59 Male 47 Female

Race (out of 106 total) 67 Black 39 White

11


Degree Total Black Total

Black Male

Black Female

White Total

White Male

White Female

PhD 23 9 7 2 14 8 6

MSc 58 39 24 15 19 9 10

Hons 12 19 9 10 6 2 4

106 67 40 27 39 19 20

Delivery rate – graduation – PhD and MSc 12 2009 12 2010 24 Total Phase II to-date 11 MSc and PhD students are expected to graduate in December. All Honours students (25) are expected to graduate by January 2011. 8 Foreign Inkaba yeAfrica students on programmes in Phase II registered in RSA: 7 African, 1 German

12


Degree Total Black

Total Black Male

Black Female

White Total

White Male

White Female

Hons 25 19 9 10 6 2 4


Black Male

Black Female

White Total

White Male

White Female

MSc 58 39 24 15 19 9 10


Black Male

Black Female

White Total

White Male

White Female

PhD 23 9 7 2 14 8 6

13


14


8. Appendix 2 - Participation at the last 3 IyA Workshops

Inkaba ye Africa - Workshops

2010 2009 2007

Total Delegates (SA and German) Total SA mentors and students SA Students

114 76 55

72 44

77 18

Presentations: Total (Abstracts received) Student Short Presentations Student Full Talks Student Posters

88 58 (3 in absentia) 8 58

63 36 13 30

29 23 6 23

SA Universities participated:

8 UCT UWC US - WITS UP (HartRAO) NMMU UFS TUT

7 UCT UWC US - WITS UP NMMU UFS

6 UCT UWC US UKZN WITS UP - -

6th Workshop 2009

start Phase II : “New Horizons” Location: Royal Swazi Spa, Swaziland (13 – 18 September 2009) 2nd Workshop with SAGA’s Biennial Conference and Exhibition : “Ancient Rocks to Modern Techniques” - SAGA’s 11th Inkaba’s 6th Annual Workshop – start of Phase II: “New Horizons” incl. special session “The Cape Fold Belt” and related topics (to mark the retirement of Prof. Peter Booth, NMMU (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) and to celebrate his contributions to understanding this unique mountain range across southernmost Africa)

5th Workshop 2007

end Inkaba yeAfrica Phase I : “Making Waves” Location: Wild Coast Sun, KZN (22 – 26 October 2007) 1st Workshop with SAGA’s Biennial Conference and Exhibition : “Making Waves”- SAGA’s 10th Inkaba’s 5th Annual Workshop – end of Phase I: “ Inkaba Past, Present, Future”

15


9. Appendix 3 - Participating Institutions

Logo's Partners, Participants (Alphabetically) German (13) SA (21)

PARTNERS 6 PARTNERS

GFZ 1 4 AEON

BMBF 2 5 DST DFG 3 6 NRF

Participants 1 AWI 11 ARC Agric. Research Council 2 BGR 12 CGS Council for Geosciences 3 Max Planck 13 CSIR 4 Potsdam ICIR 14 Mintek 5 TUM 15 Necsa 6 Univ. Bonn 16 PASA Petroleum ASA

7 Univ. Hannover 17 HartRAO

8 Univ. Kiel 18 UCT - Univ. Cape Town 9 Univ. Regensburg 19 UFS - Univ. Free State

10 Univ of Munich 20 UFH - Univ. Fort Hare

21 UKZN - Univ. KwaZulu Natal

22 NMMU - Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Univ

23 UP -Univ. Pretoria 23 UR - Univ. Rhodes 25 US - Univ. Stellenbosch

26 TUT – Tshwane University of Technology

27 Univ. Western Cape

28 Univ. Wits

10. Appendix 4 – Overview of IyA projects INKABA yeAFRICA THEMES (3) - PHASE II : SUB-PROJECTS (18) Theme: Heart of Africa “The Deep Earth and the Distant Pass” Theme Co-ordinators: Ludwig Combrinck (HartRAO, SA), Mioara Mandea (GFZ-Potsdam, Germany) Under investigation:

16


Earth and Ocean Monitoring Network across Southern Africa Comprehensive Magnetic Processes under the African Southern Subcontinent Quantifying Plateau Uplift, Climate Change and Eco-dynamics Plate Tectonics and Ecosystems on the Early Earth Tracking Continental Growth at the Southern End of Africa Benefits:

Earth�s magnetic field variations � communications and navigation systems

Earth and Ocean Monitoring Network � natural hazard risk

Uplift - aridity and erosion Deep structures - ore-forming processes

Projects:

1.1 Earth and Ocean Monitoring Network across Southern Africa (SADC): a long-term regional project to support a multi-disciplinary Earth science approach, phase II

1.2 COMPASS: COmprehensive Magnetic Processes under the African Southern Sub-continent

1.3 Quantifying surface processes as a key to the Kalahari and Madagascar epeirogenies: The influence of plateau uplift on climate change and ecodynamics

1.4 Plate Tectonics and Ecosystems on the Early Earth: Geophysical analyses of the

world�s oldest suture zones, Barberton Mountain Land, Mpumalanga

1.5a Tracking Continental Growth at the southern edge of Africa Deep crustal structure and lithospheric roots

Theme: Margins of Africa “Continental Breakup and Oceanic Gateways” Theme Co-ordinators: Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben (AWI), Reginald Domoney (UWC), Michael Weber (GFZ) Under investigation: Magmatic Processes, Mantle Dynamics and Rifting Gondwana Breakup and Evolution of the Southern Oceans Sedimentary systems and Ocean Gateways

Benefits:

Changes in ocean currents � climate driver evolution

Generation and accumulation of oil and gas Outpourings of lava - past catastrophic events

Projects:

2.1 Magmatic processes, rifting and continental breakup

2.2a Gondwana Breakup and Evolution of the Southern Oceans - Continent-Ocean transition on the Indian Ocean Margins (MARMOZ)

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIIheart.html#1.1








http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIIheart.html#1.5a

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIIheart.html#1.5a

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIImargins.html#2.1

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIImargins.html#2.2a


17


2.2b Gondwana Breakup and Evolution of the Southern Oceans Madagascar � a key site

for Gondwana reconstruction

2.3a Sequence Stratigraphy, chemostratigraphy and petrophysical modelling of the western Atlantic margin of South Africa

2.3b Sedimentary systems and Ocean Gateways Neogene palaeoceanography of the western South African margin

2.3c Sedimentary systems and Ocean Gateways Seismic investigations, ocean currents and offshore sediment systems ________________________________________________________________

Theme: Living Africa “Habitat, Resources and Global Change” Theme Co-ordinators: Marian Tredoux (UFS), John Compton (UCT), Oliver Bens (GFZ) Under investigation: Ecosystems and Climate Change Soil systems and Land Use Mineral resources, mining and the environment Benefits: Ecosystems and climate change - past archives and present-day records Soil systems and land use - linking human habitat with the dynamics of the solid earth

Mineral resources, mining and the environment � backbone to the welfare of South Africa.

Projects:

3.1a Ecosystems and Climate change Natural gas generation, migration and sequestration �

implications for greenhouse gas budgets on continental slopes, South Africa

3.1b Ecosystems and Climate change Slope Deposits and (Paleo)Soils as Geoarchives to Reconstruct Late Quarternary Environment of Southern Africa

3.1c Present and past lake ecosystems in Southern Africa � natural variability and

anthropogenic impact

3.1d Understanding past episodes of global change: the Late Ordovician record in southern Africa

3.2a Multi-scale assessment of the hydrological situation in the around Sutherland and the Western Karoo

3.2b Vulnerability of the critical zone of central South Africa. (8 topics) . Hydro-vulnerability of the central SA region . Downscaling climate change scenarios over central SA

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIImargins.html#2.2b






http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIImargins.html#2.3c

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIImargins.html#2.3c

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIIliving.html#3.1a


http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIIliving.html#3.1b


http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIIliving.html#3.1c

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIIliving.html#3.1c

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIIliving.html#3.1d

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIIliving.html#3.1d




18


. Crop models to promote sustainable farming practices along the critical zone

. A socio-economic analysis of food security

. Delamination-induced exhumation of the SA plateau

. Extent and probable surface effects of recent geological processes on the regolith in the critical zone: A remote sensing / ground validated investigation of saprolite river terraces along the Orange river . An investigation in geomorphological processes determining water availability in semi-arid catchments in central SA . Using the field labs as nodes for outreach to stimulate science awareness in rural communities, and to improve the science teaching skills of teachers (EarthWISE)

3.3 Natural Resources of Africa: The Platinum Value Chain

Science Infrastructure and Management 4.1 Data Repository and Data Management New tools for new tasks: 4.2a Research Ships: Amphibian Experiments around Tristan da Cunha hotspot 4.2 b AEON Earth Time Laboratory to calibrate 3 600 million years of Earth history Associate Projects 1. GASHsa – ShaleGas in SA – Project Leaders: Brian Horsfield (GFZ), Maarten de Wit (UCT); manager in RSA : Peter Booth (NMMU) 2. Post-Gondwana Tectonics from Namaqualand to the Kalahari (Project Leader: Marco Andreoli, NECSA) Associate Projects in Progress 1. Sr and Stable Isotopes on Marine shell fossils from important RSA coastal archaeological sites. GFZ, UCT's Mariagrazia Galimberti, PhD (Archaeology); PhD awarded December 2010

http://www.inkaba.org/phaseIIliving.html#3.3

19


11. Appendix 5 - Agenda 7th Iya Workshop, November 2010 (pdf file)

Inkaba yeAfrica 7th Workshop Scences

Robert Kriger of NRF addressing the students at an orientation session

Student group listening attentively at orientation session

Small group round table discussions

Thelma Lekgotho (UFS - MSc) focused on explanation by Hlompho Malephane (WITS - PhD)

The “UFS Team" - properly corporate "ID"ed (promotional wear) - one couldn't miss them

Donna Boyd (right) and Geza Kuhlmann in discussion about Donna's research results. Donna graduated with distinction this year.

TUT B.Tech - Teboho Matsepe with his supervisors, Dr Stoffel Fourie (LH) from TUT and Prof. Ludwig Combrinck, HartRAO

Maarten de Wit with young scientists in discussion at poster session

US' Fabian May (MSc) explaining some details of his research to Dr Oliver Ritter, GFZ

Workshop visits to geo-engineering sites. Inkaba students visiting the CO2 capture and sequestration pilot plant at Ketzin

20


12. Appendix 6 – Student reports