Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Physical Sciences
Department of Geology
van Rooy, JL
MSc PhD(Pret) - Associate Professor
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2023
Fax number: 012 362 5219
E-mail address: louis.vanrooy@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Environmental and engineering geology
Groundwater exploration and management
Karoo basin
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Fourie JCS, Cole P, van Rooy JL: 2008. Three-dimensional in-situ small movement elasticity modulus estimations of the subsurface using a seismic technique. Africa Geoscience Review, 15 (1), pp 1-10.
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.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
van Rooy JL, Witthueser KT: 2008. Vulnerability and risk in Karst terrains. In Problem Soils in South Africa, South African Institute for Engineering and Environmental Geologists, pp 181-188.
van Rooy JL, Dippenaar MA: 2008. The use of index laboratory testing to determine the engineering behavior of granitic saprolite. In Problem Soils in South Africa, South African Institute for Engineering and Environmental Geologists, pp 35-39.
van Rooy JL: 2008. Training engineering geologists in developing countries: South African perspectives and challenges. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education and Training in Geo-Engineering Sciences: Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics, CRC Press/Balkema, pp 119-128.
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