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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…
Konan Felix Oufouet, Olugbenga Akindeji Okunlola, Marc Ephrem Allialy, Martial Pohn Adingra, Joseph Koffi Brou
Côte d’Ivoire’s pegmatite occurrences have been the subject of limited studies. Fifteen areas of interest have been identified, including the Issia, Boundiali, and Comoé Basin regions. Only those in the Issia region, associated with the Issia peraluminous gra…
Shigenori Ogihara
Small streams flowing into the western shore of Lake Shikaribetsu in Hokkaido are surrounded by extensive volcanic ejecta from the Shikaribetsu volcanic group, where layered silica sinters are exposed. These sinters exhibit strong fluorescence. In this study,…
Mengke Zhang, Guowen Zhang
The mid-ocean ridge serves as the epicenter of oceanic spreading. It generates the majority of the Earth’s magmas and is the birthplace of new oceanic crusts. However, our current comprehension regarding the operation of the mantle beneath the mid-ocean ridge…
Peter Adetokunbo, Ayodeji Adekunle Eluyemi, Segun Aguda, Eniolayimika Jegede, Tunji Omoseyin, Oluseun Adetola Sanuade, Rasheed Babatunde Adesina
This study investigates spatiotemporal variations in Terrestrial Water Storage (TWS) over Nigeria during the period 2002-2024 using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite data. We employed Google Earth Engine (GEE) and analytical framework…
Yapi Désiré Sosthène Ronald Atto, N’Da Firmin Yao, Koffi Eugène Kouadio, Moumoune Ilboudo, Sylvain Monde
This report focuses on the characterization of reservoirs from wells in block CI-M of the Ivorian offshore sedimentary basin. The aim of this study is to identify and evaluate potential reservoirs by characterizing the petrophysical parameters of the formatio…
Alexander N. Safronov
This study investigated the origin of water, natural gas and oil, as well as diamonds. In this paper, it has been shown that diamonds, water, oil and natural gas on Earth were formed as a result of a thermal nuclear explosion following the collision of a come…
Isidore Nguelet-Moukaha, Noël Watha Ndoudy, Jean de Dieu Nzila, Claude Dipakama, Ulrich Verne Matiaba Bazika, Anne-Sylvie Andre-Mayer, Florent Boudzoumou, 1 1, 1 1
With the aim to contribute to the search for the source of placer gold, the Les Saras sector, located in the south-western part of the Republic of the Congo in the Mayombe chain, has been the subject of a study aimed to characterize the mineralogical composit…
Gnènègnima Thomas Koné, Alain Nicaise Kouamelan, Augustin Yao Koffi, Jean-Luc Herve Fossou Kouadio, Tokpa Kakeu Lionel Dimitri Boya, Pohn Martial Koffi Adingra
The study area encompasses the Odienné and Touba sectors in northwestern Côte d’Ivoire. It is located in the Archean-Paleoproterozoic Transition Zone (APTZ), the major structure of which, the Sassandra Shear Zone (SSZ) trending NS then NW-SE, moulds the Arche…
Brice Roland Kouassi, Kouadio David Koffi, Yao Honoré Koffi, Alain Nicaise Kouamelan
The gneissic formations constitute one of the major formations observed within the Archean domain of Côte d’Ivoire. Located in the northwest of Côte d’Ivoire, the gneissic formations of the Biankouma and Kouibli sectors were the subject of this study. In orde…
Ittai Warburg
The work presented here deals with geographical-geological sites in the mountains of eastern Sinai in Egypt. The mountains of eastern Sinai, are characterized also by very interesting geological formations. The geological section in that region includes grani…
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