A distinct series of beach ridges marking the former shorelines of large inter-connected
lacustrine basins in the Kalahari can be clearly identified from Landsat imagery and Shuttle …

The biodiversity of the 5,000 km-long Great Escarpment of southern Africa is currently poorly
known, despite hosting half of the subcontinent's centres of plant endemism and to have a …

Hunter-gatherer exchange networks dampen subsistence and reproductive risks by building
relationships of mutual support outside local groups that are underwritten by symbolic gift …

Abstract Magmatic PGE and Ni–Cu deposits form in contrasting geologic environments and
periods. PGE deposits predominantly occur in large layered intrusions emplaced during the …

Radiological hazards associated with exposure to Naturally Occurring Radionuclides
Materials from gold mine tailings in the province of Gauteng in South Africa were evaluated …

Stratified societies in southern Africa first developed in the Shashe–Limpopo Basin. As is
well known, rank-based society at K2 developed into class distinction at Mapungubwe. The …

Abstract Study region The Usutu-Mhlatuze Water Management Area located in northern
KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Study focus Recent studies have indicated a steady …

As part of an investigation of land degradation in the South African Karoo, three types of fine
sediment signatures (radionuclides, mineral magnetism and sediment geochemistry) were …

This paper examines the relationship between complex and tectonically active landscapes
and patterns of human evolution. We show how active tectonics can produce dynamic …

We report zircon ages, Hf-in-zircon isotopes as well as whole-rock geochemistry and Hf–Nd
isotopic systematics for Palaeoarchaean grey gneisses of the Ancient Gneiss Complex of …