Steve Prevec
Associate Professor
Geology
Rhodes University
South Africa
Biography
"Dr. Steve Prevec is affiliated to Geology, Rhodes University, where Dr. Steve Prevec is currently working as Associate Professor. Dr. Steve Prevec has authored and co-authored several national and international publications and also working as a reviewer for reputed professional journals. Dr. Steve Prevec is having an active association with different societies and academies around the world. Dr. Steve Prevec made his mark in the scientific community with the contributions and widely recognition from honourable subject experts around the world. Dr. Steve Prevec has received several awards for the contributions to the scientific community. Dr. Steve Prevec major research interest involves Study of mafic intrusions and associated high grade metamorphic rocks, based on field and thin section petrography, major, trace and radioisotope geochemistry, and geochronology. Often associated with these rocks is Cu-Ni±PGE sulphide and oxide mineralisation in various settings, whose origins and distribution are closely tied to the magmatic petrogenesis and/or subsequent metamorphism. . "
Research Interest
Study of mafic intrusions and associated high grade metamorphic rocks, based on field and thin section petrography, major, trace and radioisotope geochemistry, and geochronology. Often associated with these rocks is Cu-Ni±PGE sulphide and oxide mineralisation in various settings, whose origins and distribution are closely tied to the magmatic petrogenesis and/or subsequent metamorphism.
Publications
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HOWARTH, G.H. and PREVEC, S.A. 2013. Hydration versus oxidation: Modelling implications for Fe-Ti oxide crystallisation in mafic intrusions, with specific reference to the Panzhihua Intrusion, SW China. Geoscience Frontiers 4, 555-569.
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HOWARTH, G.H., PREVEC, S.A. and ZHOU, M.-F. 2013. Timing of Ti-magnetite crystallisation and silicate disequilibrium in the Panzhihua Mafic Layered Intrusion: Implications for ore-forming processes. Lithos170–171, 73-89.
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HOWARTH, G.H., and PREVEC, S.A. 2013. Trace Element, PGE and Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry of the Panzhihua mafic layered intrusion, SW China: Evidence for fractionated PGE-depleted picritic parent magma. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 120, 459-478.