Mapping and Petro-Structural Study of the Geological Formations of the Alépé Region (South-East of Côte d’Ivoire) — Oak Academic Publishing
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Mapping and Petro-Structural Study of the Geological Formations of the Alépé Region (South-East of Côte d’Ivoire)
Laboratory of Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (LGRME), Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, Félix Houphoueët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Laboratory of Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (LGRME), Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, Félix Houphoueët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Laboratory of Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (LGRME), Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, Félix Houphoueët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Laboratory of Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (LGRME), Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, Félix Houphoueët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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Laboratory of Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (LGRME), Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, Félix Houphoueët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
1 Laboratory of Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (LGRME), Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, Félix Houphoueët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Laboratory of Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (LGRME), Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, Félix Houphoueët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Laboratory of Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (LGRME), Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, Félix Houphoueët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
4 Laboratory of Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (LGRME), Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, Félix Houphoueët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Laboratory of Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources (LGRME), Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, Félix Houphoueët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
This study focuses on the petrographic and structural characteristics of the geological formations of the Alépé region in the Comoé basin. The petrographic characterization allows us to retain that the study area abounds in a variety of lithologies: amphibole metagranite, metadiorite, amphibolite and metagrauwacke. The lineament map attests that the study area was affected by polyphase tectonics (ductile and brittle), all these deformations have NW-SE to NNW-SSE; NW-ESE to NW-SE; ENE-OSW and NE-SW directions. Co upled geochemical data show that the protoliths of the studied rocks evolve between granites and gabbros that are weakly to moderately be altered. They would originate from continental crust and mantle and would be emplaced in collision contex.
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