Depositional and Structural Styles in the Logone Birni Basin (LBB), Northern Cameroon, from 3D Potential Field Modeling: Preliminary Results — Oak Academic Publishing
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Depositional and Structural Styles in the Logone Birni Basin (LBB), Northern Cameroon, from 3D Potential Field Modeling: Preliminary Results
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon
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Branch for Geophysical and Volcanological Research/Institute of Geological and Mining Research, Buea, Cameroon
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon
2 Branch for Geophysical and Volcanological Research/Institute of Geological and Mining Research, Buea, Cameroon
3 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon
4 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
5 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
A three-dimensional model of the Logone Birni Basin (LBB) is presented by combining gravity and magnetic data and constrained by broad seismic profiles. The 3-D model has revealed the distribution of the stratigraphic formations as well as the top basement variation. Detailed structure of different stratigraphic sequences is presented for the first time for this basin and some of the sequences correlate with established sequences of the neighboring basins. The sediments pill consists of six sedimentary units dating from the Neocomian to the Quartenary. The Makary subbasin or Northern Logone Birni Basin (NLBB) is the deepest part of the basin and may hold good prospect for hydrocarbon generation and accumulation. However, the limited presence of faults and intrusive bodies decreases the possibility of thermal degeneration, contrary to the Central Logone Birni Basin (CLBB) where conditions seem to be fulfilled for possible hydrocarbon generation and maturity. The complexity of the structural pattern of the model is further enhanced by the presences of volcanic bodies, some of which lay directly on basement or interbedded with the sediments layers mainly in the CLBB.
KeywordsGravity/Magnetic AnomaliesStratigraphic SequencesSediment ThicknessLogone Birini Basin3D-Model
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