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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…
Yi Ding, Yunxia Wu, Zheng Hou
In the northern part of the Ordos Basin, there is a 325 km long arc-shaped Langshan uplift and a 15 km-deep Linhe Trench in front of Langshan, which are rare geological phenomena for which origins no one has explained. This article comprehensively analyzes th…
Guy Fernand Yao, Derving Baka, Nestor Kouman Yao Kouakou, Bala Mamadou Ouattara, Kouadio Amani, Jean Lopez Essehi, Brou Kouame, Albert Yao-Kouame
As part of the drive to improve coffee and cocoa production in Ivory Coast, studies are carried out to identify soils that are favourable for these crops. It is therefore necessary to orientate soil investigations based on reliable criteria that best discrimi…
André Sini, Harouna Boukari, Ondoa Augustin Désiré Balla, Djetenbe Beral, Salomon Wangmené Awé, Simon Djakba Basga, Jean Pierre Nguetnkam
This study was focused to assess major and trace elements in bauxitic duricrusts from Ngaoundal and its surroundings in order to establish their mining interest. To this end, fieldworks, mineralogical and geochemical analyses were carried out. Four facies of…
Abdou Ali Ibrahim, Huguette C. Emvoutou, Alain Zanga, Konaté Moussa, Serigne Faye
A regional study connecting geolelectrical surveys with geology and hydrogeology was carried out in the western part of the Iullemmeden basin, precisely in the Dosso region in Niger. One hundred and four (104) vertical electrical sounds have been realized, am…
Mohamed Samuel Moriah Conte, N’guessan Nestor Houssou, Oumar Barou Kaba, Mohamed Lamine Timite, Abdoulaye Kadiatou Diallo, Aly Soumah, Mohamed Camara, Mohamed Fofana, Djibril M’Mamy Camara
C ô te d’Ivoire is currently experiencing strong growth in the mining sector. Identifying the formations present in our subsoil is therefore essential for mining recovery. It is in this context that we conducted studies on the formations present in the l…
Adama Ouédraogo Yaméogo, Pascal Ouiya, Gounwendmanaghré Hubert Zongo, Omar Akonyiré, Abraham Seydoux Traoré, Saga Sawadogo, Séta Naba
This study, carried out in the Léo square degree (west-central Burkina Faso) in the Palaeoproterozoic domain of the Man/Léo ridge, aims to define the shapes and positions of granitic plutons and the organisation of deformation structures using aeromagnetic da…
Pascal Ouiya, Aziz Fayçal Tarnagda, Martial Eric Fozing
The Birimian Baguiomo formations are located in the northern part of the Boromo greenstone belt. In this belt, the volcanic rocks (tholeiitic basalt, calcalkaline basalt, andesite) hosting the gold mineralization are located in the Kwademen-Baguiomo shear zon…
Hdeid Ould Mahmoud, Mohamed Raji, Malika Adjour, Isselmou Brahim Vall
The Oudiane Elkharoub Zone is one of the major areas of the Reguibat Shield due to its position in the extreme northeast of the Birimian formation (dated between 1.6 and 2.7 Ga) within the Reguibat Shield, coupled with its closeness to with the Archean Domain…
Pascal Ouiya, Adama Ouédraogo Yaméogo, Sâga Sawadogo, Séta Naba
The lamprophyres are late dykes that cut the formations hosting the gold mineralization in the Nassara deposit. They are geographically and spatially related to most orogenic gold deposits. It is with the aim of characterizing them and seeing their implicatio…
Tessia Miryam, Adingra Martial Pohn Koffi, Koffi Yao Augustin, Houssou Nestor, Allialy Marc Ephrem, Kouassi Brice Roland
Metasedimentary rocks from the Tortiya diamondiferous region (northern C ô te d’Ivoire), located in the Ivorian Paleoproterozoic domain, were analyzed with the aim of identifying their different petrographic facies, constraining their provenance and tect…
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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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