Dave Holwell

Lecturer in Applied and Environmental Geology

Careers Tutor

Crustal Processes Group

Direct contact:

Tel: 0116 252 3804 Email:dah29@le.ac.uk

Research interests are in the nature and genesis of platinum-group element and magmatic Cu-Ni sulphide mineralisation and the implications for mineral exploration, using a variety of geochemical and mineralogical techniques. Current interests are focussed on the ore deposits associated with Tertiary intrusions in east Greenland, including the world famous Skaergaard intrusion; and the largest platinum-group element resource on the planet: the Platreef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

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Four recent publications

• McDonald, I. and Holwell, D.A. 2011. Geology of the Northern Bushveld Complex and the Setting and Genesis of the Platreef Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit. Reviews in Economic Geology, 17, 297–327.
• Holwell, DA, McDonald, I and Butler, IB. 2010. Precious metal enrichment in the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: evidence from homogenized magmatic sulfide melt inclusions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.
  DOI 10.1007/s00410-010-0577-0
• Holwell, D.A. and McDonald, I. 2010. A Review of the Behaviour of Platinum Group Elements within Natural Magmatic Sulfide Ore Systems. Platinum Metals Review, 54, 26-36. http://www.platinummetalsreview.com/dynamic/article/view/54-1-26-36
• Holwell, D.A. and McDonald, I. 2007. Distribution of platinum-group elements in the Platreef at Overysel, northern Bushveld Complex: a combined PGM and LA-ICP-MS study. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 154, 171-190.

Full publications listing

Teaching

GL1021 Arran fieldcourse

GL1018 Geology and Society
GL2036 Ore Suite Report
GL3036 Exploration and Site Investigation Methods
GL4001 Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology