Geology and Resource Potential of the Congo Basin /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: de Wit, Maarten J. (Editor ), Guillocheau, François. (Editor ), de Wit, Michiel C. J. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:Regional Geology Reviews,
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  • 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.