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Geotechnical characterization of the diatomaceous silty soil in Walvis Bay, Namibia: mechanical properties and interpretations of CPTu records
Diatomaceous soils as a special soil containing diatom frustules are widely distributed in marine deposits. Although their soil properties have been...
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Determining the source water and active root depth of woody plants using a deuterium tracer at a Savannah site in northern Stampriet Basin, Namibia
Woody plants play a significant role in the global water cycle through water uptake by roots and evapotranspiration. A deuterium tracer was used to...
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Seismotectonic analysis of the Anker area, Kunene region north-western Namibia
Recently, a swarm of seismic events occurred within the Kunene region (NW of Namibia) with magnitude values going up to M L 4.6. Some of the events...
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Magnetite geochemistry as a proxy for metallogenic processes: A study on sulfide-mineralized mafic–ultramafic intrusions peripheral to the Kunene Complex in Angola and Namibia
Trace element concentrations in magnetite are dictated by the petrogenetic environment and by the physico-chemical conditions during magmatic,...
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Map** diamondiferous palaeo-shorelines in complicated terrain: seismic and GIS-based methods from the inner shelf of southern Namibia
The inner shelf of Namibia’s southwestern coastline comprises the submerged extension of the world’s largest diamond placer deposit. The onshore...
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Long-term climatological trends driving the recent warming along the Angolan and Namibian coasts
The coastal regions off Angola and Namibia are renowned for their highly productive marine ecosystems in the southeast Atlantic. In recent decades,...
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Shelf architecture and recent sediment stratigraphy of the Chameis Bay area, southern Namibia
AbstractChameis Bay is located about 115 km north of the Orange River mouth and falls within the Sperrgebiet, an area which hosts the world’s largest...
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Petrogenesis of a late-stage calc-alkaline granite in a giant S-type batholith: geochronology and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes from the Nomatsaus granite (Donkerhoek batholith), Namibia
The late-tectonic 511.4 ± 0.6 Ma-old Nomatsaus intrusion (Donkerhoek batholith, Damara orogen, Namibia) consists of moderately peraluminous,...
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Geostrategic Risks in the Transition to Green Energies (Using the Example of Africa)
AbstractThis article analyzes the resource potential of Africa in terms of ensuring the transition of the world economy to green energy and...
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GNSS mobile road dam surveying for TanDEM-X correction to improve the database for floodwater modeling in northern Namibia
The aim of this study is the improvement of the TanDEM-X elevation model for future floodwater modeling by implementing surveyed road dams and the...
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Mesozoic deposits of SW Gondwana (Namibia): unravelling Gondwanan sedimentary dispersion drivers by detrital zircon
The Namibian Mesozoic successions may be remnant of a high dynamic sedimentary system that is characterized by multiple stages of sediment...
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Implications for sedimentary transport processes in southwestern Africa: a combined zircon morphology and age study including extensive geochronology databases
Extensive morphological and age studies on more than 4600 detrital zircon grains recovered from modern sands of Namibia reveal complex mechanisms of...
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Financing Disaster Risk Reduction: Exploring the Opportunities, Challenges, and Threats Within the Southern African Development Community Region
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, a regional economic body comprised of 16 member states, is one of our planet’s most...
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Late Neoproterozoic-to-recent long-term t–T-evolution of the Kaoko and Damara belts in NW Namibia
This research aims to reconstruct the Late Neoproterozoic-to-recent long-term time–temperature-evolution of the NW Namibian Kaoko and Damara belts...
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Temporal statistical analysis and predictive modelling of drought and flood in Rundu–Namibia
Namibia is a semi-arid country characterized by the alternation of long drought periods and short episodes of intense rain, which often causes great...
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Africánes in southern Africa: attributes and contribution to rainfall of a continental tropical low
Large parts of southern Africa are influenced by extra-tropical weather systems for most of the year. During late summer (December–March), the...
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Zinc, carbon, and oxygen isotopic variations associated with the Marinoan deglaciation
The "Snowball Earths" were cataclysmic events during the late Neoproterozoic's Cryogenian period (720-635 Ma) in which most, if not all, of Earth’s...
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C and O Isotope Composition of the Neoproterozoic Pre-, Syn-, and Postglacial Carbonates: Evidence from the Longdor Uplift and Western Slope of the Aldan Shield, Southern Siberian Platform
AbstractNew data on the C and O isotope composition in the Neoproterozoic carbonates of the Ballaganakh and Dal’nyaya Taiga regional stages...
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Silicic lavas with no basal breccia: origin of the thinly jointed basal facies of low-Ti dacites in the Paraná-Etendeka Large Igneous Province
Large-volume silicic eruptions in large igneous provinces are unique in the geological record because there are no observed analogues. Their facies...
