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Judith A. Kinnaird is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Their research expertise encompasses several fields, primarily concentrating on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Computer Science. Subfields of their work notably include Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence, with additional interests in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Geology.

Their scientific contributions focus on core topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Extraction and Separation Processes, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and broader Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Judith A. Kinnaird has published numerous papers in various notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • Evaluating the Changes from Endogranitic Magmatic to Magmatic-Hydrothermal Mineralization: The Zaaiplaats Tin Granites, Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa, 2020, Minerals
  • Lithium Pegmatites in Africa: A Review, 2025, Economic Geology
  • African A-Type granites: A geochemical review on metallogenic potential, 2021, Lithos
  • Origin of rare-element-mineralized Damara Belt pegmatites: A geochemical and light stable isotope study, 2020, Lithos
  • Strain fringes and strain shadows at Kamoa (DRC), implications for copper mineralisation, 2020, Ore Geology Reviews

The primary publication venues where Kinnaird frequently appears include:

  • Economic Geology
  • Lithos
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • South African Journal of Geology

Collaboration has been an important aspect of their work. Frequent coauthors of Judith A. Kinnaird include:

  • Paul A.M. Nex
  • Marina A. Yudovskaya
  • Laurence Robb
  • Iain McDonald
  • Leonidas Vonopartis

Best Publications

  • Mineral supply for sustainable development requires resource governance

    Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Damien Giurco;Nicholas Arndt;Edmund Nickless

  • PGE Tenor and Metal Ratios within and below the Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex: Implications for its Genesis

    A. J. Naldrett;Allan Wilson;Judith Kinnaird;Gordon Chunnett

  • The origin of chromitites and related PGE mineralization in the Bushveld Complex: new mineralogical and petrological constraints

    A. J. Naldrett;Allan Wilson;Judith Kinnaird;Marina Yudovskaya

  • Petrology and mineralisation of the southern Platreef: northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

    Judith A. Kinnaird;D. Hutchinson;L. Schurmann;P. A. M. Nex

  • Chromitite formation—a key to understanding processes of platinum enrichment

    J. A. Kinnaird;F. J. Kruger;P. A. M. Nex;R. G. Cawthorn

  • Hydrothermal alteration and mineralization of the alkaline anorogenic ring complexes of Nigeria

    J.A. Kinnaird

  • Chromite composition and PGE content of Bushveld chromitites: Part 1 – the Lower and Middle Groups

    A. J. Naldrett;J. Kinnaird;A. Wilson;M. Yudovskaya

  • Complex multistage genesis for the Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation in the southern region of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa

    D. Hutchinson;Judith A. Kinnaird

  • Mineralogy, geochemistry and mineralization of the Ririwai complex, northern Nigeria

    J.A. Kinnaird;P. Bowden;R.A. Ixer;N.W.A. Odling

  • Multiple sulfur isotopes reveal a magmatic origin for the Platreef platinum group element deposit, Bushveld Complex, South Africa

    Sarah C. Penniston-Dorland;Boswell A. Wing;Paul A.M. Nex;Judith A. Kinnaird

  • Niger-Nigerian alkaline ring complexes: a classic example of African Phanerozoic anorogenic mid-plate magmatism

    P. Bowden;R. Black;R. F. Martin;E. C. Ike

  • Concentration of PGE in the Earth's Crust with Special Reference to the Bushveld Complex

    Tony Naldrett;Judith Kinnaird;Allan Wilson;Gordon Chunnett

  • Geochemical evidence for multiphase emplacement in the southern Platreef

    Judith A. Kinnaird

  • Petrogenesis of the Lower Zone Olivine-Rich Cumulates Beneath the Platreef and Their Correlation with Recognized Occurrences in the Bushveld Complex

    Marina A. Yudovskaya;Judith A. Kinnaird;Alexander V. Sobolev;Dmitry V. Kuzmin

  • The petrology and geochemistry of alkaline granites from Nigeria

    P. Bowden;J.A. Kinnaird

  • A review of geological controls on uranium mineralisation in sheeted leucogranites within the Damara Orogen, Namibia

    J. A. Kinnaird;P. A. M. Nex

  • Multiple sulfur isotope evidence for surface-derived sulfur in the Bushveld Complex

    Sarah C. Penniston-Dorland;Edmond A. Mathez;Boswell A. Wing;Boswell A. Wing;James Farquhar

  • Contrasting styles of Sn-Nb-Ta-Zn mineralization in Nigeria

    J.A. Kinnaird

  • A new look at sulphide mineralisation of the northern limb, Bushveld Complex: a stable isotope study

    E. R. Sharman-Harris;J. A. Kinnaird;C. Harris;U. E. Horstmann

  • Structural and geochronological constraints on the Pan-African tectonic evolution of the northern Damara Belt, Namibia

    Jérémie Lehmann;Jérémie Lehmann;Kerstin Saalmann;Kalin V. Naydenov;Kalin V. Naydenov;Lorenzo Milani

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan H. Wilson
Allan H. Wilson University of the Witwatersrand
Anthony J. Naldrett
Anthony J. Naldrett University of Toronto
Saleem H. Ali
Saleem H. Ali University of Delaware
Dirk Frei
Dirk Frei University of the Western Cape
Roger L. Gibson
Roger L. Gibson University of the Witwatersrand
Richard Armstrong
Richard Armstrong Australian National University
James Farquhar
James Farquhar University of Maryland, College Park
Boswell A. Wing
Boswell A. Wing University of Colorado Boulder
Nicholas T. Arndt
Nicholas T. Arndt Grenoble Alpes University
Graham Brown
Graham Brown University of Melbourne

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