• Evolution of ultrapotassic volcanism on the Kaapvaal craton: deepening the orangeite versus lamproite debate 

      Tappe, Sebastian; Shaikh, Azhar M.; Wilson, Allan H.; Stracke, Andreas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-02)
      Orangeites are a significant source of diamonds, yet ambiguity surrounds their status among groups of mantle-derived potassic rocks. This study reports mineralogical and geochemical data for a c. 140 Ma orangeite dyke swarm that intersects the Bushveld Complex on the Kaapvaal craton in South Africa. The dykes comprise distinctive petrographic varieties that are linked principally by olivine ...
    • The Paleoarchean Buffalo River komatiites: Progressive melting of a single large mantle plume beneath the growing Kaapvaal craton 

      Netshidzivhe, Thendo; Tappe, Sebastian; Wilson, Allan H.; Ishikawa, Akira; Viljoen, Fanus (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-01)
      Several Archean granitoid-greenstone terranes are exposed on the southeastern Kaapvaal craton in South Africa, but they received little scientific attention compared to the archetypal greenstone belt successions of the Barberton Mountain Land at the eastern craton margin. This study reports on a detailed field and geochemical survey of the Buffalo River Greenstone Belt at the southern Kaapvaal craton ...