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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Physical Sciences
Department of Geology

Eriksson, PG

MSc PhD(Natal) Dr rer nat habil(Ludwig-Maximilians Univ München) - Professor and Head

NRF Rating: A2

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2238
Fax number: 012 362 5219
E-mail address: pat.eriksson@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Basin analysis: Transvaal and Waterberg basins

Precambrian crustal evolution

Karoo basin

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Granier B, Feist M, Eriksson PG, Muhongo SM: 2008. A micropalaeontological fraud that affected the JAES. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 50, pp 1-5, Full Text

Banerjee S, Jeevankumar S, Eriksson PG: 2008. Mg-rich ferric illite in marine transgressive and highstand systems tracts: examples from the Paleoproterozoic Semri Group, central India. Precambrian Research, 162, pp 212-226, Full Text

Sarkar S, Bose PK, Samanta P, Sengupta P, Eriksson PG: 2008. Microbial mat mediated structures in the Ediacaran Sonia Sandstone, Rajasthan, India, and their implications for proterozoic sedimentation. Precambrian Research, 162, pp 248-263, Full Text

Bose PK, Sarkar S, Mukhopadhyay S, Saha B, Eriksson PG: 2008. Precambrian basin-margin fan deposits: mesoproterozoic Bagalkot Group, India. Precambrian Research, 162 (1-2), pp 264-283, Full Text

Eriksson PG, Long D, Bumby AJ, Eriksson KA, Simpson EL, Catuneanu O, Claassen M, Mtimkulu MN, Mudziri K, Brümmer JJ, van der Neut M: 2008. Palaeohydrological data from the c. 2.0 to 1.8 Ga Waterberg group, South Africa: discussion of a possible unique Palaeoproterozoic fluvial style. South African Journal of Geology, 111 (2-3) / Sep, pp 281-304.

Bosch P, Eriksson PG: 2008. A note on two occurences of inferred microbial mat features preserved in the 2.1 Ga Magaliesberg Formation (Pretoria Group, Transvaal Supergroup) sandstones, near Pretoria, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 111 (2-3) / Sep, pp 251-262, Full Text

Trollip N, van Rooy JL, Eriksson PG: 2008. Analysis of the occurrence and importance of slot development (grykes) within shallow dolomite zones in a selceted type area on the Eccles Formation. South African Journal of Geology, 111 (2-3) / Sep, pp 333-344.

Chapters in books:

Porada H, Eriksson PG: 2008. Cyanobacterial Mat features Preserved in the Siliciclastic Sedimentary Record: Paleodeserts and Modern Supratidal Flats. In From Fossils to Astrobiology. Records of Life on Earth and Search for Extraterrestrial Biosignatures, (Part 2), Springer, pp 183-210.

 

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