Geology and Resource Potential of the Congo Basin - de Wit, Maarten J.; Guillocheau, François.; de Wit, Michiel C. J.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
Regional Lithosphere Framework: Crust and Mantle: The upper mantle seismic velocity structure of south-central Africa and the seismic architecture of Precambrian lithosphere beneath the Congo basin (CB) -- Precambrian basement of the Congo basin and flanking terranes -- Basin Sedimentology and Stratigraphy: Neoproterozoic-Cambrian; Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic; Mesozoic; Cenozoic: An overview of the Neoproterozoic sedimentary series in DRC and neighbouring countries -- Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of late Precambrian carbonates of the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup in the Sankuru-Mbuji-Maji-Lomami-Lovoy basin (DRC) -- Probable fungal colonization and carbonate diagenesis of Neoproterozoic stromatolites from South Gabon -- Neoproterozoic to Cambrian evolution of the Congo basin -- Carboniferous-Triassic stratigraphy and paleogeography of Karoo-like sequences of the CB -- Facies analysis, chronostratigraphy and paleo-environmental reconstructions of the Jurassic-Cretaceous sequences of the CB -- Mesozoic sedimentary cover sequences of the Congo basin in the Kasai Region, DRC -- Formation and collapse of the African surface (Kalahari duricrust) across the CB, with implications for changes in the rates of Cenozoic off-shore sedimentation -- Geodynamics, Tectonic Evolution and Basin Models: Multiphase Phanerozoic subsidence and uplift history -- Thermal regime and evolution of the CB as an intracratonic basin -- New regional correlations between the CB and the Paraná basin of central West Gondwana -- Neotectonics, Geomorphology and River Systems: Cenozoic landscape evolution in and around the Congo basin -- Present day drainage patterns of the Congo river system and their Neogene evolution -- Resources: Economic and Potential Deposits: Diamond-bearing gravels along the Kwango river, DRC -- A review of the kimberlites in the DRC -- Petroleum potential of the Congo basin -- Metallogenic fingerprints of the Congo shield with predictions for mineral endowment beneath the Congo basin.
Keywords: Geology; Economic geography; Environmental management; Geology; Economic Geography; Environmental Management