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Open Journal of Geology (OJG) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in geology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of geology. All manuscrip…
Eric Clausen
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1955 (revised in 1972) Ashton topographic map (Ashton map) with a 1:250,000 scale and a 200-foot (about 60-meter) contour interval covers almost all of Yellowstone National Park and some adjacent regions to the south…
Christiano Magini
This article is an insight into our lifetime and the enduring capacity of the planet — especially regarding water and space, in face of the Homines population growth. This is and will be recorded in the geological time: once preserved as human fossils, we wil…
Mahamadou Diallo, Mamadou Yossi, Ibrahim Méyès Coulibaly, Youssouf Son, Amako Dolo
The Dialafara area is part of the highly endowed Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier (KKI), West-Malian gold belt, which corresponds to a Paleoproterozoic window through the West African Craton (WAC). This study presents, first of all, an integration of geophysical data…
Katayoon Rezaeeparto, Leila Fazli, Somayeh Parham
The Asmari Formation Oligo-Miocene in age is one of the most important reservoir rocks in SW Iran and Zagros basin and composed of carbonate rocks and locally sandstones and evaporates. In this research, reservoir quality controlling factors have been investi…
Yiran Wang, 1 1, Chunxiang Li, 1 1
According to the most recent Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group (PPG), eupolypods, or eupolypod ferns, are the most differentiated and divers if i ed of all major lineages of ferns, accounting for more than half of extant fern diversity. However, the evolutionary h…
Maryam Khodayar, Sveinbjörn Björnsson
This paper provides an overview of conventional geothermal systems and unconventional geothermal developments as a common reference is needed for discussions between energy professionals. Conventional geothermal systems have the heat, permeability and fluid,…
Bruno Silva da Fontoura, Adelir José Strieder, Iran Carlos Stalliviere Corrêa, Paulo Rogério Mendes, Alexandre Felipe Bruch, Angélica Cirolini
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys have being applied to investigate very near-surface stratification of sedimentary units in coastal plains and to define their depositional conditions. This paper presents, however, low-frequency GPR survey to investigate…
Martial Pohn Koffi Adingra, Yao Augustin Koffi, N’guessan Nestor Houssou, Zié Ouattara, Tokpa Kakeu Lionel-Dimitri Boya, Marc Ephrem Allialy
The aim of this study is to contribute to better targeting of gold prospecting areas using geospatial information. To this end, 3 mining sites were selected for the study. They are: the Sénoufo belt (Barrick Gold mine), the Yaouré complex (Perseus Mining mine…
Coumba Ndiaye, Saïdou Ndao
Flow records for stations in the Casamance basin are incomplete. Several gaps were noted over the 1980-2021 study period, making this study tedious. The aim of this study is to assess the potential impact of climate change on the flow of the Casamance watersh…
Adama Ouédraogo Yaméogo, Pascal Ouiya, Hubert Gounwendmanaghré Zongo, Omar Akonyiré, Abraham Seydoux Traoré, Saga Sawadogo, Séta Naba
The Pouni area is made up of basalts belonging to the Boromo belt, lamprophyres and granitoids. These geological formations are similar to geological formations of the same type in other regions of the Palaeoproterozoic domain of the Man/Leo shield. This stud…
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Open Journal of Geology (OJG) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in geology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of geology. All manuscrip… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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