Carbonatites and alkaline igneous rocks

Themen

  1. Formation of the Otjisazu complex (Namibia): How deformation affects the primary mineralogy of carbonatites?

Methods: Microscopy (Transmitted light, reflected light, Cl), REM, XRD, XRF, ICPOES, ICPMS  

  1. Carbonatite-carbonatite interaction: The case of sövite mega-xenoliths in alvikites of the Dicker Willem complex (Namibia)

Methods: Microscopy (Transmitted light, reflected light, Cl), REM, XRD, XRF, ICPOES, ICPMS  

  1. Petrology of the Blue Hill complex (Namibia): Genesis of a strange picrite.

Methods: Microscopy (Transmitted light, reflected light, Cl), REM, XRD, XRF, ICPOES, ICPMS

  1. Multi-component crustal contamination in Gross Brukkaros carbonatite dykes (Namibia): Petrology and geochemistry.

Methods: Microscopy (Transmitted light, reflected light, Cl), REM, XRD, XRF, ICPOES, ICPMS

  1. The Eureka carbonatite (Namibia) and its massive monazite mineralization: Significance of carbonatitic fluids for ore formation.

Methods: Microscopy (Transmitted light, reflected light, Cl), Microthermometry, crush leach, MicroRaman, ICPOES, ICPMS

  1. Silification of the Zweifelskuppe carbonatite (Namibia): Genesis and impact on ore formation.

Methods: Microscopy (Transmitted light, reflected light, Cl), REM, XRF, ICPOES, ICPMS

  1. The potential for placer deposit formation from carbonatites: Is there a HFSE placer north of the Kaiserstuhl Volcanic complex?

Methods: field work, Mineral processing, REM, XRD, XRF, ICPOES, ICPMS