The trace element composition of silicate inclusions in diamonds: a review

…, GP Brey, JW Harris, I Leost, R Tappert, KSF Viljoen - Lithos, 2004 - Elsevier
On a global scale, peridotitic garnet inclusions in diamonds from the subcratonic lithosphere
indicate an evolution from strongly sinusoidal REE N , typical for harzburgitic garnets, to …

[HTML][HTML] Preterm birth, infant weight gain, and childhood asthma risk: a meta-analysis of 147,000 European children

…, RJ Sram, J Sunyer, C Thijs, M Torrent, K Viljoen… - Journal of allergy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Preterm birth, low birth weight, and infant catch-up growth seem associated
with an increased risk of respiratory diseases in later life, but individual studies showed …

Metasomatic processes in lherzolitic and harzburgitic domains of diamondiferous lithospheric mantle: REE in garnets from xenoliths and inclusions in diamonds

T Stachel, KS Viljoen, G Brey, JW Harris - Earth and Planetary Science …, 1998 - Elsevier
Garnets from diamondiferous and non-diamondiferous peridotite nodules from the Roberts
Victor kimberlite were analysed for trace elements by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS…

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative Profiling of Colorectal Cancer-Associated Bacteria Reveals Associations between Fusobacterium spp., Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis …

KS Viljoen, A Dakshinamurthy, P Goldberg… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
… min at 37C; after adding 20 μl proteinase K, samples were incubated at 56C until the tissue
… incubation for 42 hours at 50C in Proteinase K. For the remainder of the protocol DNA was …

[HTML][HTML] Fish intake during pregnancy, fetal growth, and gestational length in 19 European birth cohort studies

…, H Stigum, M Strøm, J Sunyer, C Thijs, K Viljoen… - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background: Fish is a rich source of essential nutrients for fetal development, but in contrast,
it is also a well-known route of exposure to environmental pollutants. Objective: We …

Methane-related diamond crystallization in the Earth's mantle: stable isotope evidences from a single diamond-bearing xenolith

…, P Cartigny, JW Harris, KSF Viljoen - Earth and Planetary …, 2007 - Elsevier
Mineralogical studies of deep-seated xenoliths and mineral inclusions in diamonds indicate
that there is significant variability in oxygen fugacity within the Earth's upper mantle. This …

[HTML][HTML] Enabling factors for the existence of waste pickers: A systematic review

R Schenck, D Blaauw, K Viljoen - Social Work, 2016 - scielo.org.za
The paper reports on a systematic review research process to determine the enabling factors
for waste pickers to operate in the informal economy in South Africa. Twenty-eight South …

Cohenite, native iron and troilite inclusions in garnets from polycrystalline diamond aggregates

DE Jacob, A Kronz, KS Viljoen - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2004 - Springer
… The composition of CHO fluids in equilibrium with carbon at 5.5 GPa and 1,400 K is shown
in Fig. 5 (after Taylor 1990). Fluids at low fO 2 (iron-wüstite buffer; IW) are constrained to lie at …

A chemical and multi-isotope study of the Western Cape olivine melilitite province, South Africa: implications for the sources of kimberlites and the origin of the HIMU …

…, AP Le Roex, RW Carlson, KS Viljoen - Journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
… variation, although Na 2 O contents exceed K 2 O in almost all samples. The Sutherland
melilitites in particular display wide ranges in Na 2 O and K 2 O contents, which appear to be …

Platinum-group element geochemistry of mantle eclogites: a reconnaissance study of xenoliths from the Orapa kimberlite, Botswana

I McDonald, KS Viljoen - Applied Earth Science, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
… The group 2 eclogites in the sample suite generally contain higher concentrations of Na
and K and lower concentrations of Al (reflected in the lower modal garnet content) compared …