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Rock art in the Northern Cape: the implications of variability in engravings and paintings relative to issues of social context and change in the precolonial past
(2012)
This thesis follows and builds upon a previous study at the rock engraving site of Driekopseiland (Morris 2002). The earlier findings are here contrasted with another site in the area, namely Wildebeest Kuil, as a means ...
Assessing the vegetation and soil microbial ecology of renosterveld rangelands around Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The Bokkeveld Plateau, a region hosting high plant endemism, is home to two arid mountain centre renosterveld types. One, Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, has partially been transformed into croplands and pastures, with ...
A study of the structural geology of an area between the Neusspruit shear zone and the Brakfontein shear zone near Kakamas, Northern Cape.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The study area Koekoeb B is a farm that falls under the Kakamas Terrane which in turn falls under the Gordonia Subprovince in the Namaqua-Natal Metamorphic Province, South Africa. This area was chosen due to lack in ...
Spousal communication and family planning behavior in Northern Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Spousal communication on issues related to family planning and reproductive health is important in influencing fertility limiting behaviour. In South Africa, studies analyzing the relationship between spousal communication ...
Geochemical and petrographic evidence for the Vredefort proximal impact ejecta in the Northern Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The advancement of the understanding of hypervelocity impacts lies in discovering impact
structures and both proximal and distal impact ejecta. This study uses petrographic and
geochemical techniques to investigate the ...
The chemical groundwater characteristics of the Sutherland area, Northern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)
The objectives of the project were to establish, identify, interpret and map the chemical groundwater composition of the area surrounding the town of sutherland' Processes that govern the groundwater chemistry of the area ...
The effect of copper on the growth, development and chemical composition of some dryland wheat cultivars
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Heavy metal accumulation in arable land as a result of mining activities, pesticides and fertilisers has become a global concern. Steinkopf and Concordia in the Northern Cape are well-known for subsistence farming, but ...
A study of high-grade calc-silicate rocks in the Southern Bushmanland Domain, Namaqua Metamorphic province, including the garies wollastonite deposit
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
In the Namaqualand region, Northern Cape, South Africa, calc-silicate rocks are present in the highest-grade metamorphic zone (upper amphibolite to granulite facies) of the southern Bushmanland Domain, Namaqua Province. ...