Jan_van Bever Donker

Prof. Jan Van Bever Donker

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Emeritus Professor of Geology - University of the Western Cape

  • Geologist

Academia-Professor

  • Structural Geology Visualization

  • PhD or Equivalent
    • Dr - University of Cape Town : 01/06/1974 - 15/06/1979
  • MSc or Equivalent
    • Drs - Leiden University : 01/01/1970 - 15/03/1974

  • University of the Western Cape : ( 01/01/1979 - Present )
    • Emeritus Professor of Geology

    • Supervision of post graduate students in various branches of Geology. Structural Geology teacher.
      Creation of Virtual Field Excursions, using high resolution photography. Presenting these to students in preparation of the impending field work prepares the student by introducing the key aspects to be studied in the field.
      Mentor of staff members in the Faculty of Science working towards higher degrees.

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Dutch High High High
German High Medium Medium
French Medium Low Low

  • The effectiveness of using virtual reality materials in preparing students for geological fieldwork
    Posted Content published 2023 Feb 26
    Authors: Jan van Bever Donker, Delia Marshal, Matthew Huber, Rudy Maart, Luyanda Mayekiso, Henok Solomon, Nompumelelo Mgabisa
    http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-13788
  • Petroleum source rock potential evaluation: a case study of block 11a, Pletmos sub-basin, offshore South Africa
    Journal Article published 2023 Jan 19 in Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology
    Authors: F. A. Agbor, S. Mhlambi, N. A. Teumahji, W. A. Sonibare, J. M. van Bever Donker
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13202-022-01599-7
  • Polyphase Deformation of the High-Grade Metamorphic Rocks along the Neusspruit Shear Zone in the Kakamas Domain: Insights into the Processes during the Namaquan Orogeny at the Eastern Margin of the Namaqua Metamorphic Province, South Africa
    Journal Article published 2021 Jul 14 in Minerals volume 11 issue 7 on page 759
    Authors: Cyrille Stephane Tsakou Sonwa, Jan van Bever Donker, Russell Bailie
    http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min11070759
  • Investigation of groundwater salinity using geophysical and geochemical approaches: heuningnes catchment coastal aquifer. Western Cape Province, South Africa
    Journal Article published 2021 Feb 27 in Environmental Earth Sciences volume 80 issue 5
    Authors: Portia Mokoena, Kinsley Manyama, Jan van Bever Donker, Thokozani Kanyerere
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-021-09507-8
  • HYDROCARBON GENERATION AND MIGRATION FROM BARREMIAN – APTIAN SOURCE ROCKS, NORTHERN ORANGE BASIN, OFFSHORE WESTERN SOUTH AFRICA: A 3D NUMERICAL MODELLING STUDY
    Journal Article published 2021 Mar 30 in Journal of Petroleum Geology volume 44 issue 2 on pages 187 to 208
    Authors: C. A. Samakinde, J. M. van Bever Donker, R. Durrheim, M. Manzi
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpg.12785


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The effectiveness of using virtual reality materials in preparing students for geological fieldwork
Posted Content published 2023 Feb 26
Authors: Jan van Bever Donker, Delia Marshal, Matthew Huber, Rudy Maart, Luyanda Mayekiso, Henok Solomon, Nompumelelo Mgabisa
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-13788
Petroleum source rock potential evaluation: a case study of block 11a, Pletmos sub-basin, offshore South Africa
Journal Article published 2023 Jan 19 in Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology
Authors: F. A. Agbor, S. Mhlambi, N. A. Teumahji, W. A. Sonibare, J. M. van Bever Donker
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13202-022-01599-7
Polyphase Deformation of the High-Grade Metamorphic Rocks along the Neusspruit Shear Zone in the Kakamas Domain: Insights into the Processes during the Namaquan Orogeny at the Eastern Margin of the Namaqua Metamorphic Province, South Africa
Journal Article published 2021 Jul 14 in Minerals volume 11 issue 7 on page 759
Authors: Cyrille Stephane Tsakou Sonwa, Jan van Bever Donker, Russell Bailie
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min11070759
Investigation of groundwater salinity using geophysical and geochemical approaches: heuningnes catchment coastal aquifer. Western Cape Province, South Africa
Journal Article published 2021 Feb 27 in Environmental Earth Sciences volume 80 issue 5
Authors: Portia Mokoena, Kinsley Manyama, Jan van Bever Donker, Thokozani Kanyerere
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-021-09507-8
HYDROCARBON GENERATION AND MIGRATION FROM BARREMIAN – APTIAN SOURCE ROCKS, NORTHERN ORANGE BASIN, OFFSHORE WESTERN SOUTH AFRICA: A 3D NUMERICAL MODELLING STUDY
Journal Article published 2021 Mar 30 in Journal of Petroleum Geology volume 44 issue 2 on pages 187 to 208
Authors: C. A. Samakinde, J. M. van Bever Donker, R. Durrheim, M. Manzi
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpg.12785
A combination of genetic inversion and seismic frequency attributes to delineate reservoir targets in offshore northern Orange Basin, South Africa
Journal Article published 2020 Jan 1 in Open Geosciences volume 12 issue 1 on pages 1158 to 1168
Authors: Chris Adesola Samakinde, Jan Marinus van Bever Donker, Oluwaseun Adejuwon Fadipe
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/geo-2020-0200
Application of seismic stratigraphy in reservoir characterisation: a case study of the passive margin deposits of the northern Orange Basin, South Africa
Journal Article published 2020 Dec 1 in Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology volume 11 issue 1 on pages 45 to 61
Authors: Chris Adesola Samakinde, Jan Marinus Van Bever Donker, Ray Durrheim, Musa Manzi
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-01050-9
The geochemistry and geochronology of the upper granulite facies Kliprand dome: Comparison of the southern and northern parts of the Bushmanland Domain of the Namaqua Metamorphic Province, southern Africa and clues to its evolution
Journal Article published 2019 Aug in Precambrian Research volume 330 on pages 58 to 100
Authors: Russell Bailie, Gharlied Abrahams, Reddy Bokana, Jan van Bever Donker, Dirk Frei, Petrus le Roux
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.04.011
Geochemistry and weathering history of the Balfour sandstone formation, Karoo basin, South Africa: Insight to provenance and tectonic setting
Journal Article published 2018 Nov in Journal of African Earth Sciences volume 147 on pages 623 to 632
Authors: Monica E. Oghenekome, Tapas K. Chatterjee, Jan M. van Bever Donker, Napoleon Q. Hammond
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.07.014
The effects of clay diagenesis on petrophysical properties of the lower Cretaceous sandstone reservoirs, Orange Basin, South Africa
Journal Article published 2016 Mar in South African Journal of Geology volume 119 issue 1 on pages 187 to 202
Authors: C. Samakinde, M. Opuwari, J.M. van Bever Donker
http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.119.1.187
Pore pressure prediction of some selected wells from the Southern Pletmos Basin, offshore South Africa
Journal Article published 2016 Mar in South African Journal of Geology volume 119 issue 1 on pages 203 to 214
Authors: O.L. Ayodele, J.M. van Bever Donker, M. Opuwari
http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.119.1.203
Provenance study from petrography of the late Permian – Early Triassic sandstones of the Balfour Formation Karoo Supergroup, South Africa
Journal Article published 2016 Feb in Journal of African Earth Sciences volume 114 on pages 125 to 132
Authors: M.E. Oghenekome, T.K. Chatterjee, N.Q. Hammond, J.M. van Bever Donker
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.11.002
Early Namaqua low-pressure metamorphism: deformation and porphyroblast growth in the Zoovoorby staurolite schist, South Africa
Journal Article published 1990 Mar in Journal of Metamorphic Geology volume 8 issue 2 on pages 159 to 170
Authors: H. C. HUMPHREYS, J. M. VAN BEVER DONKER
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1990.tb00463.x
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