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EMMANUEL KAZIMOTO

Senior Lecturer, School Of Mines And Geosciences
Education:

PhD (Kiel - Germany)

Teaching:

Magmatic Petrology

Metallic Mineral Deposits

Metamorphic Petrology

Scientific Writing

Research:

  • Formation history and evolution of different geologic terrains and their associated related earth resources,
  • Pollution  and mobility of different toxic elements in the environment,
  • Mineral deposits, and
  • Environmental geochemistry.

 

Projects:

  • Genesis and evolution of carbonatites, the main Rare Earth Elements deposits.
  • Investigation on sand mining practises associated environmental impacts and alternative sand sources in Dar es Salaam.
  • Study of the nature and formation history of polymetallic (Au-Cu-Pb) deposits of the in the Ubendian Belt, North Western Tanzania.
  • Geochemical and age determination of the Litembo granitoids of Ruvuma region and assessment of their potential for hosting strategic metal deposits.

Publications:

Zucchini, A., Gavryushkin, P. N., Golovin, A. V., Bolotina, N. B., Stabile, P., Carroll, M. R., Comodi, P., Frondini, F., Morgavi, D., Perugini, D., Arzilli, F., Cherin, M., Kazimoto, E., Kokh, K., Kuznetsov, A., & Medrish, I. V. (2022). Crystal structure of nyerereite: A possible messenger from the deep Earth. American Mineralogist, 107(11), 2054–2064.

Biggs, J., Ayele, A., Fischer, T. P., Fontijn, K., Hutchison, W., Kazimoto, E., Whaler, K., & Wright, T. J. (2021). Volcanic activity and hazard in the East African Rift Zone. Nature Communications, 12(1), 6881.

Kimani, C. N., Kasanzu, C. H., Tyne, R. L., Mtili, K. M., Byrne, D. J., Kazimoto, E. O., Hillegonds, D. J., Ballentine, C. J., & Barry, P. H. (2021). He, Ne, Ar and CO2 systematics of the Rungwe Volcanic Province, Tanzania: Implications for fluid source and dynamics. Chemical Geology, 586(October), 120584.

Muirhead, J. D., Fischer, T. P., Oliva, S. J., Laizer, A., van Wijk, J., Currie, C. A., Lee, H., Judd, E. J., Kazimoto, E. O., Sano, Y., Takahata, N., Tiberi, C., Foley, S. F., Dufek, J., Reiss, M. C., & Ebinger, C. J. (2020). Displaced cratonic mantle concentrates deep carbon during continental rifting. Nature, 582(7810), 67–72.

Mtili, K. M., Byrne, D. J., Tyne, R. L., Kazimoto, E. O., Kimani, C. N., Kasanzu, C. H., Hillegonds, D. J., Ballentine, C. J., & Barry, P. H. (2021). The origin of high helium concentrations in the gas fields of southwestern Tanzania. Chemical Geology, 585(September), 120542.

Kazimoto, E. O. (2020). Short Wavelength Infrared Spectral Characterization of the Mineralogy of Gokona and Nyabigena Andesite-Hosted Gold Deposits in North Mara , Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, 46(2), 354–370.

Kazimoto, E. O., & Gama, R. L. (2020). Chapter 21 Mineral Sector Impact on Strategic and Industrial Minerals and Rocks. The Game Changer: President Magufuli’s First Term in Office, 447–471.

Kazimoto, E. O., & Mshiu, E. E. (2020). Reconnaissance assessment of the Stenian-Tonian granitoids of southern Tanzania for metal resources by using geological remote sensing and geochemical techniques. Chemie Der Erde, 80(1), 125533.