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Research Interests
Economic Geology; Precambrian banded iron formations; Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic sedimentary geology; Geometallurgy; process mineralogy.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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The iron and manganese formations of the Paleoproterozoic Hotazel Formation in the southern Kalahari Manganese Field of South Africa: Paleoenvironmental and depositional implications at the onset of the Great Oxidation Event
Smith, A. J. B., Fitton, D., Vorster, C. & Schoenberg, R., Jan 2026, In: Ore Geology Reviews. 188, 107060.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bioavailable phosphite in the surface ocean during the Great Oxidation Event
Baidya, A. S., Boden, J. S., Li, Y., Smith, A. J. B., Konhauser, K. O. & Stüeken, E. E., Dec 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 4825.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterisation of manganese occurrences in the Kalahari Manganese Field: Constraints from high-resolution 2D seismic surveys
Jogee, B. A., Manzi, M. S. D., Maduna, N. G., Rapetsoa, M. K., Sihoyiya, M. & Smith, A. J. B., Mar 2025, In: South African Journal of Geology. 128, 1, p. 53-72 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Iron formations: unique archives to reconstruct the Precambrian Earth
Smith, A. J. B. & Viehmann, S., 1 Jan 2025, The Archean Earth. Elsevier, p. 345-375 31 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Lithostratigraphic correlation and mineralogical facies characterisation of the banded iron and manganese formations of the Palaeoproterozoic Hotazel Formation of the Voëlwater Subgroup Transvaal Supergroup, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Pienaar, D., Smith, A. J. B., Blignaut, L. C. & Viljoen, K. S., Mar 2025, In: South African Journal of Geology. 128, 1, p. 13-52 40 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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