Dr Hervé Wabo

Overview

Dr Hervé Wabo is a multidisciplinary geologist. He is currently a Research Associate with a teaching portfolio, and also the manager of the UJ Paleomagnetism Laboratory. He was previously a post-doctoral fellow at UJ (with NRF Freestanding Grant) from Jan. 2014 to Dec. 2015, after a PhD from the same institution (March 2009 – Feb. 2013). Prior to his arrival at UJ, Dr. Wabo worked from March 2003 to Dec. 2008 as a field geologist and project manager involved in various geophysical mapping and exploration projects in Central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Chad, Nigeria, etc…). As a lecturer, Dr Wabo has been involved in delivering modules such as Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics (GLG02B2), Engineering Geology (GMESCA2) and Surface and Groundwater Hydrology (WSSM811). Dr Wabo’s scientific interests are on major changes of the Earth system through time, with implications for formation of energy resources and ore deposits. As a multidisciplinary geologist, he has been involved in many scientific projects with a focus on paleomagnetism and plate tectonics, precise geochronology, magmatism, sedimentology, economic geology, hydrogeology etc. His role as manager of the UJ Paleomagnetism Laboratory is to promote the Facility as a hub for such research in the world. His duties include facilitating lab competence for academics and industry members, the respect of international standards in operational activities in the Facility, the development and implementation of new analytical methods and procedures for geoscience applications, and the training and supervision of postgrads (MSc and PhD) and post-docs. Recent scientific publications: de Kock, M.O., Malatji, I., Wabo, H., Mukhopadhyay, J., Banerjee, A., Maré, L.P. (2024). Extreme high-latitude platform carbonate deposition: Climate paradox at the terminal Mesoproterozoic. Nature Communications, 15(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46390-w. Ncube, S., Wabo, H., Owen-Smith, T.M., Gumsley, A.P. & Beukes, N.J. (2023). The Puduhush gabbro in Griqualand West, South Africa: extending ca. 1.89 to 1.83 Ga intraplate magmatism across the proto-Kalahari Craton. South African Journal of Geology , 126(1), 75–92. https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.126.0006 Wabo H., De Kock M.O., Beukes N.J., Hegde, V.S. (2022). Paleomagnetism of the uppermost carbonate units of the Purana basins in Southern India: New demagnetization results from the Kaladgi and Bhima basins, Karnataka. Geological Magazine ,159: 269–278, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756820001181 Wabo, H., Beukes, N.J., Patranabis-Deb, S., Saha, D., Belyanin, G., Kramers, J. (2022). Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/ 39Ar age constraints on the timing of deposition of deep-water carbonates of the Kurnool Group (Cuddapah basin) and correlation across Proterozoic Purana successions of Southern India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 223, 104984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.104984 Wabo, H., De Kock, M.O., Beukes, N.J., Hegde, V.S. (2022). Paleomagnetism of the uppermost carbonate units of the Purana basins in Southern India: New demagnetization results from the Kaladgi and Bhima basins, Karnataka. Geological Magazine , 159: 269–278, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756820001181 . Djeutchou, C., de Kock, M.O., Wabo, H., Gaitán, C.E., Söderlund, U. and Gumsley, A.P. (2021). Late Paleoproterozoic mafic magmatism and the Kalahari craton during Columbia assembly, Geology , 1375–1380. https://doi.org/10.1130/G48811.1 De Kock, M.O.,Wabo, H., Djeutchou, C., Luskin, C. (2021): Precambrian drift history and paleogeography of Kalahari. Chapter 12 in: Ancient Supercontinents and the Paleogeography of the Earth . Pesonen, L., Evans, D.A.D., Salminen, J., Elming, S.-Å., Veikkolainen, T. (Eds.), Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12-818533-9. Humbert, F., Agangi, A., Massuyeau, M., Elburg, M.A., Belyanin, G., Smith, A.J.B., Iaccheri, L.M., Coetzee, L.L., Wabo, H., (2020). Rifting of the Kaapvaal Craton during the early Paleoproterozoic: Evidence from magmatism in the western Transvaal subbasin (South Africa). Precambrian Research, 342, 105687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105687 Wabo, H., De Kock, M.O., Belyanin, G., (2020). A 2058 Ma paleopole for the Kaapvaal Craton: Implications for late Rhyacian plate motion and duration of the Bushveld Complex, Precambrian Research . 342, 105654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105654 Collaborating institutions: Harvard University, USA Yale University, USA Caltech, USA Khalifa University, UAE University of Geneva, Switzerland University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Lund University, Sweden Council for Geoscience, South Africa Indian Statistical Institute of Kolkata, India