Conferences

  • Alterman, W., 2011: The Deep Biosphere, a possible common source of contaminants in the “Precambrian fossil record”. New Horizons for International Investigations into Carbon Cycling in the Deep Crustal Biosphere, Abstract Vol. Univ. of the Free State, Bloemfontein, SA., O27.
  • Altermann, W. 2008: Microtubules in Archean volcanic rocks and their significance for the early evolution of life. World Summit on Ancient Microscopic Fossils, 27 July – 02 August 2008 UCLA, IGPP Centre for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life (CSEOL) University of California Los Angeles, p. 31.
  • Altermann, W. 2009: Hydrothermal environments and Archean life – Jacuzzi paradise or biased preservation? 1st International Geoscience Symposium “Bridging Precambrian and Modern Environments”. 6-8 March 2009, Fukuoka, Japan. Abstarct Vol. p. 44.
  • Altermann, W. 2010: Evolution of life from the Swazian to the Vaalian. Indaba on the Stratigraphy of South Africa: Biological Evolution, Chronometry and Chronostratigraphy. Council for Geosciences and Geological Society of South Africa. 1-4.
  • Altermann, W., Doucet, F.J., Van der Merwe, E.M., Drobek, T., Stark, R. and Tibane, V., 2011: The CO2-rich Precambrian atmosphere and CO2 sequestration in S. Africa. 23rd CAG Abstract Vol. University of Johannesburg, p. 7.
  • Altermann, W., Heckl, W., Stark, R. and Wolkersdorfer, Ch. 2009: Investigations of nano-properties of pore-space in sedimentary rocks. 3rd Internat. Conf. on Geo-resources in the Middle East and North Africa (GRMENA III). 21-24th February 2009, Cairo University. Abstract Vol., 18-19.
  • Dippenaar, M. A. & Van Rooy, J. L. (2010). Model - Setting - Scenario Approach to assess the Vadose Zone in South Africa. International Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists. Proceedings: Tectonically Active. Auckland 2010.
  • Dippenaar, M.A., Van Rooy, J.L. & Moyo, A. (2009). Vadoze zone classification and aquifer susceptibility. 2009 Biennial Groundwater Conference: Pushing the Limits, 16 - 18 November 2009, Somerset West, South Africa.
  • Drobek T., Altermann W., Frei M., Heckl W.M., Kantioler, M., Mueller, W., Stark R.W., Strobel J. und Wolkersdorfer, Ch. 2009: NanoPorO - Nano-Structure and Wetting Properties of Sedimentary Grains and Pore-Space Surface: Grain Mineralogy and Pore Morphology. Geotechnologien-Statusseminar. Mineral Surfaces. Univ. Bayreuth, 10-11.11.2009. Mineral Surfaces – From Atomic Processes to Industrial Application. 6pp.
  • Drobek, T., Kantioler, M., Lieu, K.P., Altermann, W., Frei, M., Strobel, J. and Stark, R.W. 2010: Pore surface topography in sandstone reservoirs. Schriftenreihe Deutsche Gesellschaft Geowissenschaften (SDGG), 68. 145-146.
  • Heimann, F.U.M., Eriksson, K.A., Altermann, W. 2009: Record of Lunar cyclicity in the upper marine molasse tidalites (SW Germany). 27th Meeting of Sedimentology, 2009 Alghero - Italy, IAS Abstract Vol. p. 547.
  • Kazmierczak, J., Altermann, W., Kremer, B., Kempe, S. and Eriksson, P.G. 2008: Late Archean mineralized cyanobacterial mats and their modern analogues. European Planetary Science Congress (Europlanet), Abstracts Vol. 3, EPSC2008-A-00493.
  • Kazmierczak, J., Altermann, W., Kremer, B., Kempe, S., Eriksson, P.G. 2009: Cyanobacterial origin of fine-grained carbonates from the Neoarchean Nauga Formation of South Africa. 27th Meeting of Sedimentology, 2009 Alghero - Italy, IAS Abstract Vol. p. 228.
  • Kazmierczak, J., Altermann, W., Kremer, B., Kempe, S., Eriksson, P.G. 2008: Late Archean mineralised cyanobacterial mats and their modern analogs. European Planetary Science Congress, 21-26 September 2008, Münster, Germany.
  • Kijko, A. 2009. The South African National Committee on Large Dams (Sancold) Bi-annual Conference, Alpine Heath Resort, Drakensberg 4 – 6 November 2009.
  • Kijko, A. 2010. European Seismological Commission 2010 32nd General Assembly, 6-10 Sept 2010, Montpellier, France
  • Kijko, A. 2011. ENHANS International Workshop on Extreme Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk in Africa, 17 to 20 January 2011
  • Kremer, B., Bauer, M., Kazmierczak, J., Gast, N., Stark, R.W., Altermann, W., Gursky, H-J., Heckl. W.M. 2009: Atomic Force Microscopy in Paleontology: imaging of Silurian microfossils. AFM Forum, 1-3 July 2009, Munich.
  • Li, N., Frei, M. and Altermann, W., 2011: A rule-based lithological classification method using Landsat-TM data. 23rd CAG Abstract Vol. University of Johannesburg, p. 240.
  • Li, N., Frei, M., Altermann, W. 2009: Improvement on LANDSAT lithologic classification using rule-based systems. 20th Annual Meeting of the Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG). Geological Society of London. Abstracts, p. 18.
  • Mlambo, T.K., Doucet, F.J., Vand der Merwe, E.M. and Altermann, W., 2011: Conceptual approach to CO2 mitigation: Applying chemical carbonate mineralization principles to geological CO2 sequestration. 40th South African Chemical Institute National Convention and Federation of African Chemical Societies Meeting: A prelude event to the International Year of Chemistry (SACI 2011). University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Abstract Volume. P032, p. 208.
  • Mlambo, T.K., Doucet, F.J., Vand der Merwe, E.M. and Altermann, W., 2011: CO2 geological sequestration: Improved reservoir integrity via carbonatisation. 23rd CAG Abstract Vol. University of Johannesburg, p. 280.
  • Phuong, K.-L., Drobek, T., Altermann, W. and Stark, R.W., 2010: Pore surface topography in sandstone reservoirs. Proc. Internat. Symposium Hanoi Geoengineering, 2010, Vietnam National University Publ. 333-337.
  • Rossouw, T.G., Witthüser, K.T. & Van Rooy, J.L. (2009). Geochemical characteristics of Basement Aquifers within Limpopo Province, South Africa. 2009 Biennial Groundwater Conference: Pushing the Limits, 16 - 18 November 2009, Somerset West, South Africa.
  • Van Rooy, J. L. & Dippenaar, M. A. (2008). The Use of Index Laboratory Testing to Determine the Engineering Behaviour of Granitic Saprolite. In: SAICE & SAIEG. Problem Soils in South Africa: Proceedings. ESKOM Conference Centre, Midrand, Gauteng. 3-4 Nov 2008. South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) and South African Institute for Engineering and Environmental Geologists (SAIEG). ISBN 978-0-620-42511-7. pp.35-40.
  • Van Rooy, J. L. & Dippenaar, M. A. (2010). Granite Weathering and the Implications on Infrastructure Development in South Africa. International Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists. Proceedings: Tectonically Active. Auckland 2010.
  • Van Rooy, J.L. (2008). Invited keynote speaker: Training Engineering Geologists in Developing Countries: South African Perspectives and Challenges. First International Conference on Education and Training in Geo-Engineering Sciences: Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics. Constantza - Romania, June 2nd – 4th, 2008.
  • W. Altermann, T. Drobek, R. W. Stark, M. Kantioler, M. Frei, W.M. Heckl, J. Strobel, C. Wolkersdorfer, 2009: Nanomorphology of pore space and cement mineralogy in sandstones. 161 Jahrestagung der DGG. GeoDresden. Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft (SDGG) 63, p. 178. ISBN 987-3-510-49210-7.
  • Xu, B., Mayr, C. and Altermann, W., 2011: C and O – isotopy of late Archean carbonate rocks, Kathu borehole, South Africa. 23rd CAG Abstract Vol. University of Johannesburg, p. 432.
  • Xu, B., Mayr, C., Altermann, W. 2010: Carbon and oxygen isotope variations in late Archean carbonate rocks in South Africa. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU2010-3651-5, 2010, EGU General Assembly 2010.

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