Albertus J.B. Smith

University of Johannesburg — South Africa

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis(25), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils(21), Geological and Geochemical Analysis(20), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping(10), Radioactive element chemistry and processing(7)

Publications46 total

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
Ore Geology Reviews·2025Open Access
Iron formations: unique archives to reconstruct the Precambrian Earth
Elsevier eBooks·2025
Bioavailable phosphite in the surface ocean during the Great Oxidation Event
Nature Communications·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Characterisation of manganese occurrences in the Kalahari Manganese Field: Constraints from high-resolution 2D seismic surveys
South African Journal of Geology·2025· 2 cited
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
South African Journal of Geology·2025· 1 cited
Refining the average upper crustal <sup>182</sup> W and <sup>142</sup> Nd compositions through the Archean-Proterozoic Eons
2025
Geological and experimental evidence of bioavailable phosphite during the Great Oxygenation Event
2024Open Access
Manganese in South Africa: its mineral economics, geology and geometallurgy
South African Journal of Geology·2024· 1 cited
Cyanobacteria-ferrihydrite aggregates, BIF sedimentation and implications for Archaean- Palaeoproterozoic seawater geochemistry
South African Journal of Geology·2024· 5 cited
Dedicated to the late Professor Nic Beukes (1945 - 2023)
South African Journal of Geology·2024
Melt infiltration in a crystal mush and pegmatoid formation in the platiniferous Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa
Mineralium Deposita·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Ratification of the base of the ICS Geological Time Scale: the Global Standard Stratigraphic Age (GSSA) for the Hadean lower boundary
Episodes·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Mineralogy and mineral paragenesis of the Palaeoproterozoic manganese ores of the Avontuur deposit of the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa
South African Journal of Geology·2024· 6 cited
The processing behaviour of the sphalerites from the Big Syncline deposit, South Africa
South African Journal of Geology·2024· 1 cited
PETROGRAPHY AND COMPREHENSIVE WHOLE ROCK CHEMISTRY OF SODIC ALKALINE ROCKS FROM THE ROBINSON ANTICLINE COMPLEX, CRAZY MOUNTAINS, MONTANA
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America·2024
Manganese oxides, Earth surface oxygenation, and the rise of oxygenic photosynthesis
Earth-Science Reviews·2023· 68 cited
A Siderian Snowball Earth? Multiscale and interdisciplinary Analyses of the Makganyene Formation, South Africa
2023Open Access
Manganese carbonate-bearing mudstone of the Witwatersrand-Mozaan succession in southern Africa as evidence for bacterial manganese respiration and availability of free molecular oxygen in Mesoarchaean oceans
South African Journal of Geology·2023· 17 cited
The formation of high-grade iron formation-hosted iron ores in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa – insights from iron isotopes and trace elements
2023Open Access
The paleoenvironmental implications of pre-Great Oxidation Event manganese deposition in the Mesoarchean Ijzermijn Iron Formation Bed, Mozaan Group, Pongola Supergroup, South Africa
Precambrian Research·2022· 27 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Nicolas J. Beukes(18), Jens Gutzmer(8), Kurt O. Konhauser(7), Stefan V. Lalonde(5), Leslie J. Robbins(4), Michiel de Kock(4), Daniel S. Alessi(4), Sebastian Viehmann(4), Fanus Viljoen(4), Sean P. Funk(3), Benjamin J. Rostron(3), Clark M. Johnson(3), Noah Nhleko(3), L.L. Coetzee(3), Fabien Humbert(3), Marlina Elburg(3), Noah J. Planavsky(2), Axel Hofmann(2), Christopher T. Reinhard(2), Andrey Bekker(2)