Geology and Resource Potential of the Congo Basin (eBook)

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.