FIELD EXCURSIONS

Several excursions to demonstrate most of the content of the scientific sessions presented above are planned. Long excursions are planned after the colloquium, while one-day excursions of sites of interest in the Johannesburg region are planned during mid- colloquium.

Long excursions

  • Limpopo Belt
  • Barberton Mountain Land
  • The Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC)
  • The Witwatersrand Basin

One-day Excursions

  • The Vredefort Dome
  • The Geology of Johannesburg
  • The Cradle of Humankind
  • Tswaing Meteorite Crater
  • Pilansburg alkaline ring complex

In addition, a number of mine visits are being planned, including, Witbank coal fields, diamond, Wits gold, etc.


Vredefort Dome



Pilansburg Nature Reserve



Tswaing Meteor Crater