Dr Ansgar Wanke

MSc (former diploma), obtained 1996 at the University of Goettingen, Germany
PhD: obtained 2001 at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany

Lecturer

Department of Geology
H-Block
Room H 129

Phone:   +264 61 206 3833

awanke@unam.na

SGLY 3731 Sedimentology and Palaeontology
SGLY 3642 Introduction of Geochemistry
SGLY 3612 Stratigraphy and Geological mapping
SGLY 3652 Introduction to Petrology
SGLY 3701 Coal, Petroleum & Gas
SGLY 3761 Regional Geology of Namibia
SGLY 3621 Introduction to Hydrology
SGLY 3600 Field Geology I
SGLY 3700 Field Geology II

Wanke, H and Wanke, A, 2007, Water quality for game in drylands: A case study from the Khaudum National Park, Namibia, Journal of Arid Environments, No 70(3), p. 553-559.
Wanke, H. and Wanke, A, 2007, Lithostratigraphy of the Kalahari Group in northeastern Namibia, Journal of African Earth Sciences, No 48, p. 314-328.
Wanke, A., 2006, Geology and Climate as Determinants for Vegetation and Wildlife in Khaudum National Park, Northern Namibia. Tagungsband zur Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (AdG) in Würzburg.
Wanke, A. & Wanke, H., 2005, Lithostratigraphie und Faziesanalyse der Kalahari Gruppe in Nordost-Namibia, Tagungsband zur Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (AdG) 2005 in Hamburg, p.53.
Wanke, A. and Melezhik, V., 2005, Sedimentary and volcanic facies recording the Neoarchaean continent breakup and decline of the positive δ13 Ccarb excursion, Precambrian Research, No 140, p. 1-35.
Laajoki, K. and Wanke, A., 2004, On the age and stratigraphic position of the Niskavaara Formation, Posio, northern Finland, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, No 76, p. 141-143.
Laajoki, K. and Wanke, A., 2002, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Paleoproterozoic Kainuu, Kuusamo and Peräpohja Belts, Northern Finland, Res Terrae, No 22, p. 1-102.
Warren, A. A., B. S. Rubidge, I. G. Stanistreet, H. Stollhofen, A. Wanke, E. M. Latimer and C. A. Marsicano, 2001, Oldest Known Stereospondylous Amphibian From The Early Permian of Namibia: Journal Vertebrate Palaeontology, No 21(1), p. 34-39.
Klock, H. and A. Wanke, 2001, Vom Sandstein zur Brekzie: Faziesvariationen der basalen Kalahari im Nordosten Namibias in Folge tektonischer Gliederung, Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft (DGG), No 13, p. 60.
Wanke, A, 2001, Wo sind Trias und Jura ? Die Prä-Etendeka Diskordanz im Nordwesten Namibias als Vorbote zur Südatlantiköffnung, Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft (DGG), No 13, p. 97.
Wanke, A., H. Stollhofen, I. G. Stanistreet and V. Lorenz, 2000, Karoo unconformities in NW-Namibia and their tectonic implications, in R. McG Miller, ed., Henno Martin Memorial, Communications Geological Survey Namibia Special Publication, No 12, p. 259-268.
Wanke, A. and H. Stollhofen, 2000, The Long-Lived Rift Evolution prior Break-Up of Gondwanaland: Evidence from the Karoo-Etendeka Depositories in NW-Namibia: Journal African Earth Sciences, No 30, p. 86-87.
Stollhofen, H., I. G. Stanistreet, R. Rohn, F. Holzförster and A. Wanke, 2000, The Gai-As lake system, northern Namibia and Brazil, in E. H. Gierlowski-Kordesch and K. R. Kelts, eds., Lake Basins through Space and Time, Studies in Geology, American Association Petroleum Geologists, No 46, p. 87-108.

Post-doctoral research and teaching:
University of Oulu, Finland (2002-2004)
University of Wuerzburg, Germany (2004-2007)
Postgraduate supervision at UNAM (Master level):
Basin Modelling and Petroleum System Analysis of the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia and South Africa (by Victoria Sibeya)
Current research interests:
Karoo and Kalahari stratigraphy and basin analysis
Control of geology and climate on vegetation patterns
Control of geology on groundwater quality in respect to human and animal consumption
2004 – 2006
Interdisciplinary study of the Khaudum area in NE Namibia. “A profile of Khaudum National Park with Emphasis on the Physical Environment, Woody Vegetation and Water”
2004
Hydro-geological study on water quality and natural resource management in the Kalahari environments of northeast Namibia and northwest Botswana
2002 – 2004
Research on Palaeo-proterozoic sedimentology and stratigraphy in the Fennoscandian Shield