Wilson, Allan2024-09-042024-09-042011-11Wilson, Allan. (2011). A Glimpse into Mafic Magma Genesis in South Africa: Over the First 1.5 Billion Years of Earth History. [Inaugural lecture, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40549https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40549Inaugural lecture presented on the occasion of Allan Wilson’s Inaugural Lecture, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, November 2011.This talk will cover three areas of geology that I believe are important in the igneous history of South Africa spanning the first 1.5 billion years from 3.5 Ga to 2.0 Ga. The high-Mg lavas in Barberton and KwaZulu-Natal called komatiites 3.5 – 3.3 billion years ago. The volcanic rocks of the Pongola Supergroup 3.0 – 2.9 billion years ago. The Bushveld Complex 2.05 billion years ago.en©2011 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.GeologySouth AfricaBarbertonKwazulu-NatalPongolaBushveldLavasVolcanic rocksInaugural lectureUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg