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5th IGCP638 meeting [Accra]

 

5^th IGCP638 meeting (Accra, Dec. 4-9, 2022)

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 Authors & Titles of oral and poster presentations                          Plenaries

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Plenaries

Seven topics  were selected for the plenary meeting of 20-30  mn each, including presentation and discussion. Some of the titles could be provisional. Conveners will be attributed before the sessions

Plenaries	Conference titles	Speakers
1	Geoscience Education in Ghana	Pr. Daniel Asiedu 1
2	Mineral resources in Ghana	Pr. Bruce Banoeng-Yakubo 1
3	Structural framework of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian in Ghana	Dr. Lenka Baratoux 2
4	Oil Exploration in Ghana : New insights	Ebenezer Apesegah 1
5	Groundwater and sustainable development in Ghana	Pr. Sandow Mark Yidana 1
6	Artisanal and small scale mining in Ghana, challenges and the way forward	Pr. Thomas Mba Akabzaa 1

¹UG : University of Ghana, Legon ; ²IRD : Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

 

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4^th IGCP638 meeting (Algiers, Oct. 28^th - Nov. 2^nd, 2019)

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 Authors & Titles of oral and poster presentations                          Plenaries

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O R S T W Y Z

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Holocene spatio-temporal evolution of Oueme Delta in Benin in response to the variations of the eustatic level

A.R.M.A. Adéchina^*, C. Kaki, N.C. Kélomè, A.R. Laibi, Lukas Wacker, Riavo G. Voarintsoa, Sebastian Breitenbach, L.M. Oyédé

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin

Petrographic and Geochemical features of low to medium grade birimian metasedimentary rocks of the comoe basin (North of Alépé - South east part of Côte d’Ivoire)

Martial Pohn Koffi Adingra^*, Yacouba Coulibaly, Zié Ouattara

¹Laboratoire de Géologie du socle et de Métallogénie, UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny de Cocody Abidjan, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²UFR Sciences Géologiques et Minières, Université de Man, BP 20 Man, Côte d’Ivoire

Two styles of primary gold mineralization in the Atacora Structural Unit from the Natitingou area, Northwestern Bénin (Pan-African Dahomeyides Belt, West Africa)

Fatchéssin Bruno Adjo^1,2*, Temidayo Anthony Bolarinwa¹, Luc Adissin Glodji²

¹Department of Geology, Pan African University, Life and Earth Sciences Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria; ²Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin

Are there any correlations between West African Craton and Rio de la Plata Craton?

Tahar Aïfa^1,*, Henri Masquelin², Fernando Scaglia³

¹Univ. Rennes, Géosciences-Rennes, CNRS UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France; ²Instituto de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, 11400, Uruguay; ³PEDECIBA Geociencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, 11400, Uruguay

Mineral exploration in Algeria: current state and perspectives

Djamal-Eddine Aïssa^*

Laboratory of Metallogeny and Magmatism of Algeria (LMMA), USTHB Geology Departement, FSTGAT, BP 32 El Alia 16 111, Algiers, Algeria

Valorization of Moroccan bentonite deposits: adsorption and stabilization of phenol by bentonite

A. Ait Hmeid^1,*, M. Akodad¹, M. Baghour¹, A. Moumen¹, A. Skalli¹, G. Azizi¹, O. Riouchi¹, H. Jaadan¹, H. Ngadi¹, H.Gueddari¹, M. Maach¹, H. El Haddaji¹, H. Ajiach¹, A. Anjjar³, M. Aalaoul², L. Daoudi⁴

¹Laboratory Observatory of the Marchica Lagoon of Nador and Limiting Regions (OLMAN-RL), Multidisciplinary Faculty of Nador, Mohamed 1st University, 60700 Nador, Morocco; ²Laboratory of Applied Geosciences, Faculty of Sciences of Oujda, Mohamed 1stUniversity, 60000 Oujda, Morocco; ³Laboratory of Georessources and environment(GRE), Faculty of Science and Technology, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, BP2202 Imouzzer Road , Fes, Morocco; ⁴Laboratory of Geosciences Géoresources and Environment, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science and Technology University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco

Use of high resolution 2D Electric Resistivity Tomography for mapping of the geological structures of the north-western portion of Benin: case of the department of the donga

Bertrand Houngnigbo Akokponhoue^1,2,*, Nicaise Yalo¹, Marc Youan Ta², Nesny Yanovoh Akokponhoue¹, Abdoukarim Alassane¹

¹Laboratory of Applied Hydrology (LHA), National Institute of Water (INE), University of Abomey-Calavii, 01BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin ; ²University Research Center of Remote Sensing and Application (CURAT), University Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Study of physical and petrophysical properties of Hamra Quartzites formation (Hassi Messaoud field, Algeria)

Ahmed Ali Zerrouki^1,*, Tahar Aïfa², Kamel Baddari³

¹Univ Ouargla, Fac. des hydrocarbures, des énergies renouvelables et sciences de la terre et de l'univers, Lab. Géologie du Sahara, 30000 Ouargla, Algeria; ²Univ. Rennes, Géosciences-Rennes, CNRS UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France; ³Laboratoire de Physique de la Terre (LABOPHYT), Université M'hamed Bougara, 35000 Boumerdès, Algeria 

Geological and Geochemical Controls of Gold Mineralization in the West African Craton: A case study from the Kunche deposit, Wa-Lawra belt, NW Ghana

Prince Ofori Amponsah^*

Department of Earth Science, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 58, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Geological Context of Pb-Zn Mineralization of the Damagaram Pan-African Basement (Southeastern Niger)

Mahaman Mansour Badamassi Kadri^*, Moussa Konate Ahmed Yacouba

Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, faculty of Sciences and Technology, Department of Geology, BP 10662, Niamey, Niger

Characterization of Fluorite mineralization in North Hameimet by fluid inclusions and stable isotopes

A. Bakelli^1,3,*, L. Sami^2,3, O. Kolli^1,2, A. Boutaleb^1,2

¹Faculté des Sciences de la Terre, de Géographie et de l’Aménagement du Territoire (FSTGAT), USTHB, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria; ²Laboratoire de Métallogénie et Magmatisme de l’Algérie, FSTGAT-USTHB, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria ; ³Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria

Impact of trace elements on brines: Chotts and Sebkhas of the Algerian Low Sahara

Abdelaziz Bellaoueur^*, Messaoud Hacini

Laboratoire Géologie du Sahara - Université Ouargla, Ouargla, 30000, Algeria

Study of the variability of annual rainfall series in the Isser Wadi (East of Algiers)

Malia Benali Khodja^1,*, Abdnaceur Metouchi²

¹Water and Environmental Science, Laboratory of Geo-Environment, Department of Earth Sciences, FSGAT, USTHB. Algiers. Algeria; ²Geo-Environment Laboratory, FSTGAT, USTHB. Algiers, Algeria

Study of hydrosystems dam-groundwater: case of the Beni Haroun dam (Oued El Kebir, Eastern Algeria) and the surrounding groundwater bodies

Nour El Imene Benchabane^1,2,* Nabil Chabour¹, Mounira Djebbar¹, Henia Dib¹, Nabila Gaci²

¹Department of Geology, FSTGAT, Mentouri Brothers University of Constantine 1, 25017 Constantine, Algeria; ²Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Biological and Agronomical Sciences FSBSA-UMMTO, Mouloud Mammeri University, 15000 Tizi Ouzou, Algeria

Paleoenvironmental study of the Messinian series of Djediouia, Bas Chélif Basin, Algeria

F. Benhamida^1,*, W. Menad², M. Belkercha²

¹Faculté Sciences de la Terre, de la Géographie et de l’ Aménagement du Territoire, Université d’Oran 2, Algeria ; ²Faculté de Génie Civil et d’Architecture, Université Hassiba Ben Bouali, Chlef, Algeria

New soft-sediment deformation structure in the Miocene of Ouarsenis (Algeria), paleoseismic evidence

Miloud Benhamou^*

Laboratoire de Géodynamique des Bassins et Bilan Sédimentaire, Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Univers, Université d’Oran 2, Campus Belgaïd, Bir El Djir, BP 1524 Oran, Algeria

Extraction of uranium from an unconventional deposit by the radiometric emission method: Application to the phosphate deposit of Dj. Onk, eastern Algeria

Souad Bentaalla-Kaced^1,*, Tahar Aïfa², Karima Deramchi¹, Djamel Eddine Nacer³, Samira Bourria¹

¹Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, 10 Rue des Frères Oudek, El-Harrach, 16200 Algiers, Algeria ; ²Univ. Rennes, Géosciences-Rennes, CNRS UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France ; ³COMENA, Centre de Recherche Nucléaire de Draria, Algeria

Geochemistry of micas and accessory minerals in P-rich NYF pegmatites at Mangodara, Burkina Faso, West Africa

Wiledio Marc-Emile Bonzi^1,*, Marieke Van Lichtervelde², Anne-Sylvie André-Mayer³, Stefano Salvi², Olivier Vanderhaeghe², Kafohe Abdoul-Azise Hema⁴, Urbain Wenmenga¹

¹Département des Sciences de la Terre, University Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ; ²Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS-IRD, University Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, 14 Avenue Edouard-Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France ; ³GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine-CNRS-CREGU, 54000 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France ; ⁴Bureau des Mines et de la Géologie du Burkina, Ouagadougou, 01 BP 601, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Synthesis on the metallogeny of Tlemcen Mounts

Abdelhak Boutaleb^*, Nacera Hadj Mohamed, Djamal Eddine Aissa 

Laboratory of Metallogeny and Magmatism of Algeria (LMMA), USTHB Geology Departement, FSTGAT, BP 32 El Alia 16 111, Algiers, Algeria

¹EGGPG, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chouaïb Doukkali University, 24000 El Jadida, Morocco; ²Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, UMR-CNRS 5563, 31400 Toulouse, France ; ³Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States; ⁴Raimond Castaing Microcharacterization Center, University of Toulouse, 3 Street Caroline Aigle, 31400 Toulouse, France

Occurrences of heavy minerals and REEs in the Pan-African formations of the Mounio Massif, southern extension of the Trans-Saharan Range (Gouré, East Niger)

M. Moustapha Sanda Chékaraou^1*, M. Konaté¹

Groundwater and Georesources Laboratory, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, PO Box 10662, Niamey, Niger

The Aptian of Kef Gouriret (Oum El Bouaghi): lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment

Nahla Chibout^1,*, Fateh Mebrouk²

¹Laboratory of natural research and development of sensitive environments, Department of geology, L'Arbi Ben M'Hidi University, Oum El Bouaghi 04000, Algeria; ²Science Department of the Earth and the Universe, Mohamed Seddik Ben Yahia University, Jijel 18000, Algeria 

Mafic and Felsic magmatic mingling in the Paleoproterozoic formations of the Mako sector (Kedougou-Kenieba Inlier, Senegal): geodynamic implications

Mamadou Ndiaye¹, Moussa Dabo^1,*, Emmanuel Tama Samoura¹, Ibrahima Gassama¹, Tahar Aïfa², Fatou Bop Ndong¹

¹Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, Sénégal ; ²Univ. Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes - UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France

Stockwork exhibiting polymetallic occurrences in the Neoproterozoic sediments of Firgoun area, West Niger, Eastern border of West African Craton

Alzouma Amadou Diafarou ^1,*, Kadri Mahaman Manssour Badamassi¹, Karimou Dia Hantchi², Moussa Konaté¹ 

¹Department of Geology, Groundwater and Georesources Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Abdou Moumouni University, PO Box 10662, Niamey, Niger ;      ²Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Dan Dicko Dan Koulodo University, PO Box 465, Maradi, Niger

Hydrochemical characterization of water resource in the southeastern part of Senegal. Impact of mining in the Kedougou region

M.L. Diongue Djim^*, Diouf Abdoulaye, Faye Serigne

Cheikh Anta Diop University, Geology department- Po Box 5005 Dakar

Petro-structural and geochemical characterization of the mineralization of the El-Gir deposit (Bou Azzer-El Graâra inlier, Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

M’bark El Krouni^1,*, Samira Makhoukhi¹, Said Ilmen², Younes Moundi²

¹Laboratory GAIA, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science Ain Chock, Casablanca 20100, Morocco; ²CTT-Bou Azzer, MANAGEM, Casablanca 20100, Morocco

Application of gravity methods to the exploration of Pb-Zn-Ba deposits, case study: Fej Lahdoum mine, Northern Tunisian Atlas

Anis Elbarhoumi^*, Wajdi Belkhiria, Jamel El Ayari

Office National des Mines,24 Rue de l’Energie, 2035 La Charguia, 1080 Tunis, Tunisia

Geology of the Triassic Complex of Koudiat Djebassa Area El Mhir, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria

Nabila Gaci^1,2,*, Lounis Sami^1,2, Abdelhak Boutaleb²

¹Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Biological and Agronomical Sciences FSBSA-UMMTO, Mouloud Mammeri University, 15000 Tizi Ouzou, Algeria ; ²Laboratory of Metallogeny and Magmatism of Algeria (LMMA), USTHB Geology Departement, FSTGAT, BP 32 El Alia 16 111, Algiers, Algeria

Nickel mineralizations of the Birimian greenstone belt of Makalondi (Liptako Province of Niger, West Africa)

H. Garba Saley^*, M. Konaté, A. Soumaila

Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Department of Geology, Groundwater and Georesources Laboratory, PO Box 10662, Niamey, Niger

Late orogenic structural evolution of auriferous formations of Atacora unit from the Natitingou area (Pan-African Dahomeyides Belt, West Africa)

L. Adissin Glodji^1,*, F.B. Adjo^1,2, T.A. Bolarinwa²

¹Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin ; ²Department of Geology, Pan African University, Life and Earth Sciences Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria

Structural study of Kourki Copper-Molybdenium indices of the Birimian belt of Gorouol (Liptako, North-west Niger)

Mallam Mamane Hallarou^1,2*, Moussa Konaté¹, Yacouba Ahmed¹

¹Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Department of Geology, Underground Water and Georesources Laboratory, BP 10662, Niamey, Niger; ²Department of Geology, University of Ibadan, PO Box22133, Oyo State, Nigeria

Estimation of the pollution risk induced by the mining wastes of the El Abed mine, Tlemcen, Algeria

Fatima Hamrani^1,*, Abdelhak Boutaleb², Malek Ould Hamou¹, Amira Merchichi¹

¹Laboratory of Mining Engineering, ENP Algiers 16000, Algeria; ²Metallogeny and Magmatic Laboratory of Algeria, USTHB, Algiers 16000, Algeria

Environmental characterization of mine waste at the Pb–Zn Sidi Kamber abandoned mine (NE Algeria)

Mouloud Issaad^1,*, Abdelhak Boutaleb¹, Omar Kolli¹, Mohamed Edahbi², Mostafa Benzaazoua²,

Rachid Hakkou^3,4

¹Laboratoire de Métallogénie et Magmatisme de l’Algérie (LMMA), Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Terre de Géographie et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers, Algeria ; ²Research Institute on Mines and Environment (RIME), Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn‑Noranda, QC J9X 5E4, Canada ; ³Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux et de l’Environnement, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cadi Ayyad, BP 549, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco ; ⁴Materials Science and Nano‑engineering Department, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Lot 660, Hay Moulay Rachid, 43150 Ben Guerir, Morocco

Sporo-pollenic content survey of the Oligocene ironstones of the Continental Terminal formation, Kandi Basin (North-East Benin)

Adiss Kamal Issifou Fatiou^1,2,*, Moussa Konaté¹, Luc Cossi Adissin Glodji²_, Soulémana Yessoufou²_, Monique Tossou³_, Matthias Heckmann⁴, Hamidou Saley Garba¹

¹Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Département de Géologie, Laboratoire Eaux Souterraines et Géoressources, BP 10662, Niamey, Niger ; ²Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Laboratoire de Géologie, Mines et Environnement, BP 526, Abomey-Calavi, Benin ; ³Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Végétale, BP 526, Abomey-Calavi, Bénin ; ⁴Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Postfach 510153, 30631 Hannover, Germany

Using mobile GIS applications to support mineral resource investigations in the Eglab region, Algeria

Michaela R. Johnson^1,*, Nadjib F. Belanteur², Cliff D. Taylor¹

¹U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225-0046, USA; ²Algerian Geological Survey Agency, Algiers, Algeria

Current situation of the mobilization of water resources by the large dams in the northern-central part of Algeria

Celia Kebir^1,*, Mohammed Djemai², Mohammed Mesbah³

¹Département des Sciences de la Terre, FSTGAT, USTHB, Algiers, Algeria; ²Laboratoire de Géomatériaux, Environnement et Aménagement (LGEA), Faculté de la construction, UMM, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria; ³Département des Sciences de la Terre, FSTGAT, USTHB, Algiers, Algeria

Re-evaluation of Leonian and Liberian events in the geodynamical evolution of the Man Shield (West African Craton)

Gnagnon R. Stéphane Koffi^*, Alain Niçaise Kouamelan

First UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny Abidjan-Cocody, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire

Rare Earth Elements in phosphorites from the Bled El Hadba deposit (NE Algeria): concentration, behaviour and depositional environment

Khaled Laouar^1,*, Rabah Laouar¹, Olivier Bruguier², Delphine Bosch², Rabah Kechiched³ 

¹ Laboratoire de Géodynamique et Ressources Naturelles, Département de Géologie, Université Badji Mokhtar Annaba BP12, Annaba 23000, Algeria ; ²Géosciences Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, CNRS-UMR 5243, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; ³Laboratoire des Réservoirs Souterrains: Pétroliers, Gaziers et Aquifères, Université de Ouargla, 30000, Algeria

Two contrasting sources for base-metal mineralization in northeast Algeria: Evidence from fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies

Rabah Laouar^1,*, Sihem Salmi-Laouar², Abdelmalek Lekoui³, Adrian J. Boyce⁴, Anthony E. Fallick⁴

¹Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Terre, Université Badji-Mokhtar Annaba, Laboratoire de Géodynamique, Géologie de l’Ingénieur et Planétologie, USTHB, Algiers, Algeria ; ²Laboratoire de Recherche en Géologie, Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Terre, Université Badji-Mokhtar Annaba, Algeria ; ³Université de Jijel, Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Univers, Jijel, Algeria ; ⁴Isotope Geosciences Unit, S.U.E.R.C., East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 0QU, Scotland

Sedimentary dynamic based on conodont stratigraphy of the Frasnian interval at the northwest Algerian Sahara

Abdessamed Mahboubi^*

University of Science and Technology of Oran, Mohamed Boudiaf (USTO-MB), Mnaouar, BP 1505, Bir El Djir 31000, Oran, Algeria

Paleomagnetic and magnetostructural study of Jurassic formations of Gara Djebilet (Tindouf Basin, southwestern Algeria)

Mejda Amira Boussada¹, Nacer-eddine Merabet^1,*, Yamina Mahdjoub², Saïd Maouche¹, Moulay Charaf Chabou³, Tahar Aïfa⁴

¹CRAAG, BP 63, Bouzareah 16340 Algiers, Algeria ; ²FSTGAT, USTHB, BP 32, El Alia, Algiers, Algeria ; ³Département des sciences de la Terre, Université Ferhat Abbas, Sétif, Algeria ; ⁴Univ. Rennes, Géosciences Rennes, CNRS UMR 6118, Bat. 15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France

Experimental study of the geochemical behavior of mine tailings

Amira Merchichi^*, Malek Ould Hamou, Fatima Hamrani

Laboratory of Mining Engineering, Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, 10 Rue des Frères Oudek, El-Harrach 16200 Algiers, Algeria

Iron mines in Algeria

M.I. Mouzaia^*, H. Diab

Algerian Iron Mines Company, SOMIFER-Spa, Tebessa, Algeria

Factors of copper mineralization in the Gaoua deposit (southwestern Burkina Faso)

Séta Naba^1,*, Stéfano Salvi², Athanase Nare³, Guy Franceschi³

¹Laboratoire Géosciences et Environnement Minier, Université Joseph KI-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ; ²Laboratoire GET, University of Toulouse, IRD, CNRS UMR 5563, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, France ; ³B2Gold Corp., Vancouver, Canada

Contribution of remote sensing and hydrogaphic morphology observation to map Proterozoic rocks in Côte d’Ivoire

Kadio Hilaire Niamke^1,*, Brou Etienne N’Dri², Aimé Koudou² 

¹Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 22 BP 801, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Daloa BP 150, Côte d’Ivoire

Relationship between alteration and mineralization in a mesothermal gold prospect at Akoase, northeastern Axim-Konongo (Ashanti) belt, Ghana

Frank K. Nyame^*

Department of Earth Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

The new edition of the geological map of Oullad Maallah region, biostratigraphic implication

Mohamed Kamel Osman^*, Mostefa Bessedik, Lahcene Belkebir, Mohamed El Habib Mansouri, Ayoub Belkhir and Asma Atik

Laboratoire de Paléontologie Stratigraphique et Paléoenvironnement, Faculté des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Univers, Université d’Oran 2, BP 1015 El M'Naouer 31 000 Oran, Algeria

Assessment and mapping of the water quality of the Terminal Complex groundwater using GIS interpolation techniques (Oued Souf, Southeast Algeria)

Mohammed Ouarekh^*, Boualem Bouselsal, Mohamed Salah Belksier

Laboratory of gas and oil aquifers underground reservoirs. University Kasdi Merbah, BP 30000 Ouargla, Algeria

Characterization of the gold mineralization of the Tondabo gold prospect in the Brobo region (Ivory Coast, West Africa)

Seydou Mathurin Daï Bi, Gbele Ouattara^*, Gnammytchet Barthélémy Koffi

REE-rich minerals in Paleoproterozoic carbonatites from Ihouhaouene

Khadidja Ouzegane^*

Laboratoire de Géodynamique, Géologie de l’Ingénieur et de Planétologie, FSTGAT-USTHB, BP 32 El Alia, Dar el Beida, 16111 Algiers, Algeria

Cartography of coastal aquifers in the Essaouira region by application of the geo-electric method (Essaouira, Morocco)

Zakaria Ouzerbane^1,*, Tahar Aïfa², Mostafia Boughalem³, Abdellah El Hmaidi¹, Ali Essahlaoui¹, Abdelhadi El Ouali¹, Abdessamad Najine⁴, Fadwa Redouani⁴, Amina Wafik⁵

¹Water Science and Environmental Engineering team, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Moulay Ismail University, BP 11201, Zitoune, Meknes, Morocco; ²Univ. Rennes, Géosciences-Rennes, CNRS UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France ; ³Ctr Univ Ain Temouchent, Laboratory of Applied Hydrology and environment/DGRSDT, BP 284- 46000 Ain Temouchent, Algeria ; ⁴Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, BP 523 Mghila, 23000 Beni Mellal, Morocco; ⁵Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia Cadi Ayyad University, BP. 2390, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco

Geophysical data analysis and interpretation of the Tiawa prospect: Samira, Libiri and Boulon Djounga sectors (Liptako, West Niger)

Souley Alhou Serkin Rakiatou^*, Hamidou Garba Saley, Moussa Konaté

Department of Geology, Groundwater and Georesources Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, PO Box 10662, Niamey, Niger

Mineralogical Quantitative, Cristalline and Morphological Characterization of Siliceous Material from the Rocks Modified by Ferric Oxide and Oxyhydroxide

Walid Rezig^1,*, Mohammed Hadjel²

¹Laboratoire des Sciences, Technologie et Génie des Procédés LSTGP, Département de Génie Chimique, Faculté de Chimie, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, BP 1505 El M’Naouer Bir El Djir 31000 Oran, Algeria ; ²Laboratoire des Sciences, Technologie et Génie des Procédés LSTGP, Département de Chimie Organique Industrielle, Faculté de Chimie, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, BP 1505 El M’Naouer Bir El Djir 31000 Oran, Algeria

Gitology and Geochemical features of the mineralizing fluids of Es Souabaa Ba-F Pb-Zn prospect (Mellegue Mounts, NE Algeria)

L. Sami^1,2,*, O. Kolli², A. Boutaleb²

¹Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques FSBSA-UMMTO, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria ; ²Laboratoire de Métallogénie et Magmatisme de l’Algérie, FSTGAT-USTHB, Algiers, Algeria

The DASA graben in Northern Niger, a case of a Paleo-Mesozoic basin evolving from uplifting to rifting

Abdoulwahid Sani^1,*, Moussa Konate¹, Peter Wollenberg²

¹Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey 10662, Niger; ²Global Atomic Corporation, Toronto, Canada

High-resolution landform-regolith mapping in a greenstone belt context of the Soudanian zone: Implications to mineral exploration

Benjamin Sawadogo^1,2,*, Ousmane Bamba¹, Dominique Chardon^1,2

¹Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso ; ²Institut de recherche pour le Développement (IRD), 01 BP 182 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso 

Granitic pluton of Zorgho: Emplacement context and relationship with Markoye Sear Zone (Center of Burkina Faso)

Saga Sawadogo^*, Adama Ouédraogo Yameogo, Séta Naba

Laboratoire Géosciences et Environnement Minier (LGEM), Université Joseph KI-Zerbo, Burkina Faso, Département des sciences de la Terre, Unité de formation et de recherche en Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, 03 BP 7021 Ouaga 03, Burkina Faso

Draïssa barite deposit (Ougarta chain, SW of Algeria): geology and gitology

Ahmed Abderrahmane Semchaoui^*, Tarek Zerrouki, Abdelhak Boutaleb

Laboratory of Metallogeny and Magmatism of Algeria (LMMA), Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumedienne (USTHB), BP 32, 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria

Geochemical characterization of oils discovered from Offshore Benin Basin (Benin, West Africa)

Romaric Vihotogbé Senou^1,*, Gérard Alfred Franck D'almeida¹, Christophe Kaki¹, Achille Adjeniya², Suzanne Amelina³

¹Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou 01 BP 4256, Benin; ²Directorate General for Hydrocarbons and Other Fossil Fuels, Cotonou 06 BP 2049, Benin; ³Ministry of Water and Mines, Cotonou 04 BP 1412, Benin

The In Allaren mafic-ultramafic complex (Western Hoggar, South Algeria)

Mohamed Talbi^1,*, Abderrahmane Bendaoud¹, Rabah Laouar²

¹Faculté des Sciences de la Terre, de la Géographie et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, USTHB, BP 32, El Alia, Algiers, Algeria ; ²Département de Géologie, FST, Université Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, BP 12, 23000 Annaba, Algeria

Metallogenic implications of a new geodynamic model for the Eglab, Algeria

Cliff D. Taylor^1,*, Dwight C. Bradley², Carol A. Finn¹, Arezki Zerrouki³, Brahim Ayad³, Nadjib Fodil Belanteur³, Nabyl Bouchilaoune³, Michaela R. Johnson¹, Ghania Meziane³, Mark J. Mihalasky⁴, Hamza Mouchene³, Samir Oughou³, Steven M. Smith¹, Federico Solano⁵, Siham Zerrouk³

¹U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225-0046, USA;  ²U.S. Geological Survey, Randolph, NH 03593, USA; ³Algerian Geological Survey Agency, Algiers, Algeria; ⁴U.S. Geological Survey, Spokane, WA 99201, USA; ⁵U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, USA

Characterization of the morpho-sedimentary dynamics at the scale of Benin coastal lagoon (between Grand-Popo and Togbin)

Michael Tossou^*

Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin

Petro-structural and geochemical characterization of magmatism of the mining district of Tighza (Central Massif, Morocco)

M. Toumi^*, S. Makhoukhi, T. Remmal

Structural Eburnean Events in the Massigui Square Degree (southern Mali, northwestern Man Shield, WAC): A review

Ousmane Wane^*

Laboratoire de Minéralogie et de Pétrologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, BP  E 3206, Colline de Badalabougou, Bamako, Mali

Rheological context of emplacement of the Dori and Gorom-Gorom plutons (northeast of Burkina Faso)

Adama Ouédraogo Yameogo^*, Séta Naba, Abraham Seydoux Traore

Laboratoire Géosciences et Environnement Minier (LGEM), Département des sciences de la Terre, Unité de formation et de recherche en sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Université Joseph KI-Zerbo, 03 BP 7021 Ouaga 03, Burkina Faso

Geological heritage: Legal aspects and methodological approach

Arezki Zerrouki^*

Mineral Resources Division, Algerian Geological Survey Agency, Algiers, Algeria

Mineral resources of Algeria: State of play and perspectives

Arezki Zerrouki^*

Mineral Resources Division, Algerian Geological Survey Agency, Algiers, Algeria

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3^rd IGCP638 meeting (Abidjan, Oct. 15-20^th, 2018)

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Petrographic and Geochemical features of low to medium grade birimian metasedimentary rocks of the comoe basin (North of Alépé - South east part of Côte d’Ivoire)

Martial Pohn Koffi Adingra^1,*, Yacouba Coulibaly ¹, Zié Ouattara ²

¹Laboratoire de Géologie du socle et de Métallogénie, UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny de Cocody Abidjan, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²UFR Sciences Géologiques et Minières, Université de Man, BP 20 Man, Côte d’Ivoire

Paleoproterozoic crystallization and metamorphism and Neoproterozoic shearing of high grade gneisses from the Kandi shear zone in Central-Bénin (Dahomeyides fold belt, West Africa)

L. Adissin Glodji^1,*, J. Bascou², J.L. Paquette³, S. Yessoufou¹, R.P. Ménot²

¹Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin ; ²Université de Lyon, UJM Saint-Etienne, UMR CNRS IRD 6524, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France ; ³Université Clermont Auvergne, UMR CNRS IRD 6524, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, 63038, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Aeromagnetic modeling of Precambrian subsurface structures of the Tasiast area, NW Mauritania : Mining consequences

Tahar Aïfa^1,*, Bakary Savane¹, Khalidou Lo²

¹Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes - UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France ; ²UR Géologie, Géodynamique et Ressources Minérales, Université de Nouakchott Al Aasriya, Mauritania

Mineralogical, chemical and geotechnical characterization of bentonite deposit from the Kert Basin (northern Morocco)

H. Ait Hmeid^1,*, M. Akodad¹, M. Aalaoul³, M. Baghour¹, A. Moumen¹, A.Skalli¹, A. Anjjar⁴, L. Daoudi²

¹Laboratory Observatory of the Marchica Lagoon of Nador and Limiting Regions (OLMAN-RL), Multidisciplinary Faculty of Nador, Mohamed 1^st University, 60700 Nador, Morocco; ²Laboratory of Applied Geosciences, Faculty of Sciences of Oujda, Mohamed 1^st University, 60000 Oujda, Morocco; ³Laboratory of Geosciences Georesources and Environment, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco; ⁴Laboratory of Georessources and environment (GRE), Faculty of Science and Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, B.P.2202, Imouzzer Road, Fes, Morocco

Contribution of geophysics to the study of the Gouméré gold mineralization (northeast of Côte d'Ivoire): induced magnetometry and polarization

E.B.J.C. Aka^1,*, L.N. Kouamé¹, S.P. Djroh¹, A.Y.E. Éby¹, K.F. Tani¹, Y.A.S.I. Oboué¹, É. Gahé², B.C. Sombo¹

¹UFR des Sciences de la Terre et des Ressources Minières (STRM), Laboratoire de Géophysique Appliquée, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²Géoservices Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Contribution of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems to the Mapping of the Geological Structures of a Segment of the Pan-African Chain of Dahomeyides in northwest Benin

Bertrand Houngnigbo Akokponhoue^1,2,3,*, Nicaise Yalo¹, Luc Adissin Glodji³, Marc Youan Ta⁴, Georges Agbahungba²

¹Laboratory of Applied Hydrology (LHA), National Institute of Water (INE), University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin; ²International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (ICMPA - UNESCO Chair), University of Abomey Calavi, 072 BP 50 Cotonou, Bénin; ³Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Abomey-Calavi; ⁴University Research Center of Remote Sensing and Application (CURAT), University Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Target areas for Uranium exploration from airborne geophysical data using weights of evidence analysis - Hoggar region, Algeria)

Karim Allek^1,*, H. Zeghouane^1,2

¹Laboratoire de Physique de la Terre, Université M’Hamed Bougara, Boumerdes, Algeria ; ²Département de Géologie, Université de Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

Petrology and geochemistry of ultramafic xenoliths cumulats related to Seguela diamandiferous kimberlite and lamproite (central-western Côte d’Ivoire)

M.E. Allialy^1,*, S.C. Djro¹, N. Houssou¹, A.N. Kouamelan¹, J. Batumike², Y. Coulibaly¹, A. Gnanzou¹, T. Boya¹, O. Gbelé³

¹UFR-STRM, Université de Cocody Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 22 B.P. 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²GEMOC ARC National Key Centre, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Sydney, Australia; ³STRMi, INPHB, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

Morphological features from Seguela diamonds placers related to Cretaceous kimberlites (central-western Côte d’Ivoire)

Marc Ephrem Allialy^*, Myriam Tessia, Djro Chérubin, Nestor Houssou_, Yacouba Coulibaly

UFR-STRM, Université F.H.B. Cocody-Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

The chemical diversity of tektites from Ivory Coast : new insight from portable XRF

A.A. Avo^1,*, D. Baratoux², A Kouamelan¹

¹UFR STRM, University Felix Houphouet Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast; ²Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, UMR5563, University of Toulouse CNRS & IRD, 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse

Meteorite impacts in West African Craton

D. Baratoux^*

Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, UMR5563 CNRS, University of Toulouse, and IRD, 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France

Tectonic evolution of the Kédougou Kéniéba Inlier

Lenka Baratoux^1,*, Jacques Koné^1,2, Mahamadou Diallo^1,3, Olivier Vanderhaeghe¹, Papa Moussa Ndiaye², Mahamadane Diene⁴, Grégory Dufrechou¹, Saïdou Ly³, David Baratoux¹

¹GET, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, UPS, (Toulouse), France; ²Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Sénégal; ³Département de Géologie, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs Abderhamane Baba Touré (ENI-ABT), Bamako, Mali; ⁴Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

Tectonic and geochemical control of Ag in Imiter II: Implications for the local exploration (Eastern Saghro, Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

Ali Bouayachi^1,*, Saida Alikouss¹, Youssef Zerhouni¹, Zouhir Baroudi¹, Mohamed Zouhair², Mohamed Mouhajir³, Said Outhonjit³, Aziz Oulmekki³, Mourad Essalhi⁴

¹Laboratory of Geodynamics of Paleo Belts (LGCA), Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Av. Driss El Harti Sidi Othmane, B.P 7955 Casablanca, Morocco; ²MANAGEM Group, 191, Bd Med Zerktouni, Twin Center Tour A. 20100 Casablanca, Morocco; ³Metallurgical Company of Imiter (SMI), Imiter Mine, BP 30, Tinghir, Morocco; ⁴Faculty of Sciences and Techniques of Errachidia, BP 509 Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco

Petrogenetic relationship and rare metal mineralizations (Nb-Ta, Li, Be, Cs ...) in the Issia placer, Côte d’Ivoire: petrography, geochemistry and metallogenic implications

Joseph K. Brou^1,*, Marieke Van Lichtervelde², David Baratoux², Alain N. Kouamelan¹

¹University F.H.B. of Abidjan-Cocody, UFR-STRM, 22 B.P. 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire; ²IRD, GET, University of Toulouse III, 14, avenue Edouard Belin 31400 Toulouse, France

Characterization of the Southern Maradi Basement deformation in the Maraka-Chirgué area (northeastern edge of Benin-Nigeria Shield

Moustapha Chékaraou^*, M. Konaté

Groundwater and Georesources Laboratory, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, PO Box 10662, Niamey, Niger

Petrography and Geochemistry of volcanic and plutonic rocks of the southern part of the Toumodi- Fètêkro greenstone belt

Inza Coulibaly^1,*, Alain Nicaise Kouamelan¹, Yacouba Coulibaly¹, Sagbrou Chérubin Djro¹, Mathieu Benoit²

¹LGSM, UFR des Sciences de la Terre et des Ressources Minières, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny d’Abidjan-Cocody, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire ; ²Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse 3, 14 avenue E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France

Structural evolution of the Paleoproterozoic formations of the Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, Eastern Senegal

Moussa Dabo^1,2,*, Tahar Aïfa², Emmanuel Samoura¹, Ibrahima Gassama¹, Ibrahima Guingne¹, Papa Malick Ngom¹

¹Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, Senegal ; ²Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes - UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France

Mapping tectonic structures of Kédougou-Kénieba Inlier (Eastern Senegal) from satellite (LANDSAT-7 ETM⁺ / SRTM) and airborne geophysics imageries

Moussa Dabo^1,2,*, Tahar Aïfa², Emmanuel Samoura¹, Ibrahima Gassama¹, Ibrahima Guingne¹, Papa Malick Ngom¹

¹Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, Senegal ; ²Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes - UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France

Study of the Haut-Sassandra granitoids (Midwest of Ivory Coast): towards a geodynamical evolution model

A.Gh. Dago1, 2,*, Y. Coulibaly1, J. Barbarand2, C. Pallares2

¹Laboratoire de Géologie du Socle et de Métallogénie, UFR-STRM (Univ. F.H.B, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²Géosciences Paris-Sud (GEOPS), Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 504, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France

Occurence of the Cap carbonates related deposits on the eastern edge of West African Craton (SE Man Shield, Firgoun area): implication for the Neoproterozoic glaciations

Alzouma Amadou Diafarou^*, Moussa Konaté

Department of Geology, Groundwater and Georesources Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Abdou Moumouni University, PO Box 10662, Niamey, Niger

Municipal Wastes Conversion: The Energy Valorization of waste by Pyrolysis

Siham El Hafiane^*, Farid Faik

Ibn Zohr university, Faculty of Science, PO Box 28/S, Agadir, Morocco

Chemical and mineralogical characterization of archeological ceramics from Aghmat site (VII^th Century) (southern Morocco)

Mouhssin El Halim^1,2,*, Lahcen Daoudi¹, Meriam El Ouahabi², Hicham El Boudour El Idrissi¹, Leila Rebbouh³, Nathalie Fagel²

¹Laboratoire de Géosciences et Environnement (LGSE), Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, BP 549, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco ; ²UR Argile, Géochimie et Environnement sédimentaires (AGEs), Département de Géologie, Quartier Agora, Bâtiment B18, Allée du six Août, 14, Sart-Tilman, Université de Liège, B-4000, Belgium ; ³ESA Saint Luc de Liège, Boulevard de la Constitution, 414020 Liège, Belgium

K, Th, U patterns in Paleoproterozoic formations from airborne radiometric and ground-based measurements - Insights into superficial processes

Makhoudia Fall^1,*, David Baratoux², Papa Moussa Ndiaye¹, Mark W. Jessell³

¹Geology Department, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal; ²GET, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, UPS (Toulouse), France; ³Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia

Chromites of the Makalondi greenstone belt (Niger Liptako province, West Africa)

H. Garba Saley^*, A. Soumaila, M. Konaté

Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Department of Geology, Groundwater and Georesources Laboratory, POB: 10662, Niamey, Niger

Alteration processes of the Paleoproterozoic manganese protores of North Téra: mineralogy and geochemistry (Niger Liptako Province, West Africa)

H. Garba Saley^*, A. Soumaila, M. Konaté

Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Department of Geology, Groundwater and Georesources Laboratory, POB: 10662, Niamey, Niger

Sedimentological characterization of subsurface training of the Tertiary-Quaternary of the Dabou region, south of Ivory Coast

Jean Michel Kouadio Gbangbot^1,*, Gnosseith Huberson Claver N’doufou², Aby Atsé Mathurin Saimon³

¹Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé de Daloa, UFR Environnement BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire; ²Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, UFR Sciences Biologiques, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire; ³Centre de recherches océanologiques, Laboratoire de physique et de géologie marine (pygem) BP V18 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of groundwater resources in Katiola area

Franck Maxime Gnamba^{1, *}, Oulaï Jean Gauthier Kpan², Bernard Adiaffi²

¹Département de Géosciences, UFR des Sciences Biologiques, Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly Korhogo, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (LSTEE), UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire

Precambrian basement mapping from interpretation of aeromagnetic data in northwest of Côte d’Ivoire

S.P.D. Gnoleba^1,*, L.N. Kouame¹, E. Gahe², B.C. Sombo¹, S.P. Djro¹

¹Laboratoire de géophysique appliquée, Université Felix Houphouët Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²Geoservices-CI, Côte d’Ivoire

The Samapleu mafic-ultramafic dyke: an Eburnean (2.09 Ga) intrusion mineralized in Ni-Cu sulfide in the northern part of the so-called stable Archean domain- western Ivory Coast (Future first Nickel-Copper deposit in West Africa)

Franck Gouédji^1,*,Christian Picard², Marc Antoine Audet³, Yacouba Coulibaly⁴

¹Université de Man - BPV20 Man - Côte d’Ivoire ; ²Université de Franche-Comté (UMR 6249) / ISTerre Univ. Grenoble-Alpes (UMR 6245) ; ³Sama Nickel-CI SARL, 2 plateaux Vallons, 28 BP 1467, Abidjan 28, Côte d’Ivoire ; ⁴Université Félix Houphouët Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire

Saharan Aquatic Ecosystems: Environmental Challenges and Mining Prospects

Messaoud Hacini^*, Merzouk Zatout, Abdelaziz Belaoueur, Abdennour Haddan

Laboratoire de géologie du Sahara, Université Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Algeria

Petrography and geochemistry of volcano-sedimentary and plutonic formations of the Agbahou gold deposit, Côte d’Ivoire

N’Guessan Nestor Houssou ^1,*, Inza Coulibaly, Fossou Jean Luc Hervé Kouadio, Marc Ephrem Allialy

LGSM, UFR Earth Sciences and Mineral Resources, University of Felix Houphouet-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire

Features of a New Type of Mineralization in Léo-Man Shield (West Africa Craton): Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag) deposit of Tiébélé, Southern Burkina Faso

Hermann Ilboudo^1,*, Martin Lompo¹, Urbain Wenmenga¹, Salif Napon², Seta Naba¹, Papa Malick Ngom³

¹Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso; ²Benzu Resources Limited, PO Box 100, Sydney Vane House, Admiral Park, St Peter Port, GY1 3EL, Guernsey, UK; ³Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences & Techniques, Université Cheik Anta Diop, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, Senegal

Discovery of gold mineralization in the ferruginous sandstones of Kandi basin (North-East Benin)

A.K. Issifou Fatiou^1,*, M. Konaté², S. Yessoufou¹, L.G. Adissin¹

¹University of Abomey-Calavi, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Department of Earth Sciences, Laboratory of Geology, Mines and Environment, BP 526, Abomey-Calavi, Benin; ²Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Department of Geology, Underground Water and Georesources Laboratory, BP 10662, Niamey, Niger

The West African Exploration Initiative (WAXI): 12 years of integrated research for development

M.W. Jessell^1,2,*, WAXI Team

¹Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, the University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, 6009, WA, Australia; ²Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Laboratoire Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, UMR-CNRS 5563, 14 avenue Édouard belin, 31400 Toulouse, France

First in situ U-Pb dating of supergene copper mineralization: case study from Atacama Desert, Chile

Zia Steven Kahou^1,*, Stéphanie Brichau¹, Marc Poujol³, Stéphanie Duchêne¹, Eduardo

Campos², Rodrigo Riquelme², Sébastien Carretier¹

¹Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, UPS, CNRS, IRD, CNES, Toulouse, France ; ²Depto. Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile ; ³Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes - UMR 6118, F-35000 Rennes, France

Petrologic, geodynamic and geochemical studies of Tertiary and Quaternary lavas of western Senegal

Oumar Ibrahima Kane^1,*, Ibrahima Sagna²

¹Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Technique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP5005, Dakar-Fann, Senegal ; ²Laboratoire de Carbone 14, Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire,Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar,BP 206 Dakar-RP, Senegal

Proof of existence of pre-rift deposits and hydrocarbon potential of Neocomian sediments in the coastal sedimentary basin of Benin

Armand Kiki^1,2,*, Christophe Kaki¹, Gérard Alfred Franck Almeida¹, Juliette Hounkpatin¹

¹Department of Earth Sciences, University of Abomey, 526 01BP Cotonou, Benin; ²Doctoral School of Life and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, 526 01BP Cotonou, Benin

Reworking crustal between the Hadean-Archaean-Paleoproterozoic in the Sassandra-Cavally (SASCA, SW of Ivory Coast): Constraints of U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes

Augustin Y. Koffi^1,*, Nicolas Thébaud², Alain N. Kouamelan¹, Lenka Baratoux³, Noreen Evans⁴, Olivier Bruguier⁵, Olivier Vanderhaeghe³, Sagbrou C. Djro¹

¹UFHB Abidjan-Cocody, UFR STRM, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire; ²Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, the University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, 6009, WA, Australia; ³Geosciences Environment Toulouse, IRD, 14 avenue E. Belin. 31400 Toulouse, France ; ⁴John DeLaeter centre Curtin University, Australia; ⁵Geosciences Montpellier, University Montpellier 2 - CNRS, cc 066, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Unraveling the Age of HT Metamorphism in Eastern Senegal: Evidence from U-Pb in-situ Analyses on Monazite and Sm-Nd Garnet Geochronology

J. Kone^1,*, L. Baratoux², K.A. Maneiro^3,4, E.F. Baxter³, O. Vanderhaeghe², S. Duchene², P.M. Ndiaye¹, P. Pitra⁵, G. Dufrechou², O. Bruguier⁶

¹Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal ; ²Geosciences Environment Toulouse (GET), UPS, CNRS,IRD, CNES, Toulouse, France ; ³Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA; ⁴Wheaton College, 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, Illinois 60187, USA; ⁵Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes - UMR 6118, F-35000 Rennes, France ; ⁶Géosciences Montpellier, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, cc 066, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Contribution of remote sensing and geophysics to water-drilling implementation in Kong (northeastern Côte d'Ivoire)

Kouassi Eric-Germain Kouakou^1,*, Abe Parfait Sombo², Diaratou Keita³

¹Département de Géosciences, UFR des Sciences biologiques, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly de Korhogo, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire; ²UFR en Environnement, Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé de Daloa, , BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire; ³Office National de l’Eau Potable, 04 BP 42 Abidjan 04, Côte d’Ivoire

Study of the burial site of Akouédo landfill (Abidjan) using electrical resistivity method: implication on the risk of the Continental Terminal aquifer contamination

Loukou Nicolas Kouame^1,*, Kocoa Maoro Daniel N'guessan¹, Kouassi Eric-Germain Kouakou², Ehui Beh Jean Constantin Aka¹

¹Laboratory of Applied Geophysics, UFR Earth Sciences and Mining Resources, Felix Houphouet Boigny University, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire; ²Department of Geoscience, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Péléforo Gon Coulibaly University, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire

Reevaluation of Leonian an Liberian events in the geodynamical evolution of the Man Rise (West African Craton)

Alain Nicaise Kouamelan^1,*, Gnagnon R. Stéphane Koffi¹, Marc E. Allialy¹, Jean-Louis Paquette², Marc Poujol³, Jean-Jacques Peucat³

¹Laboratoire de Géologie du Socle et de Métallogénie, UFR STRM, Université FHB Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire ; ²Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, UMR CNRS 6524, Université Blaise Pascal, 63038 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France ; ³Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes - UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France

The SASCA Domain in the Southwest Côte d’Ivoire: strong interactions between Archean and Birimian (Man-Leo Rise, West African Craton)

Alain Nicaise Kouamelan^1,*, Augustin Y. Koffi¹, Djro S. Chérubin¹, Marc E. Allialy¹, Jean-Jacques Peucat²

¹Laboratoire de Géologie du Socle et de Métallogénie, UFR STRM, Université FHB Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire ; ²Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes - UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France

Geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic constraints on the petrogenesis of Paleoproterozoic alkaline rocks from Kiemou, Ninakri and Okrouyo (Ivory Coast, West African Craton)

Brice Roland Kouassi^1,*, Alain Nicaise Kouamelan¹, Anne-Sylvie André Mayer², Aurelien Eglinger², Sagbrou Cherubin Djro¹, David Baratoux³

¹UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan-Cocody, 22 B.P. 582 Abidjan 22, Côte   d'Ivoire ; ²GeoRessources, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, CREGU, F-54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France ; ³Geosciences Environment Toulouse, Midi Pyrenees Observatory, IRD, Toulouse, France

Petrographic and geochemical study of Birimian mafic and ultramafic complexes of the Mako super-group (eastern Senegal)

Ibrahima Labou^1,4,5,*, Mathieu Benoit², Lenka Baratoux³, Didier Beziat⁴, Papa Moussa Ndiaye¹, Edmond Dioh⁵, Pierre Debat⁴

¹Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal ; ²CNRS- GET- OMP 14 avenue Edouard Belin 31400 Toulouse, France ; ³IRD, UR 234, GET, Université Toulouse III, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France ; ⁴LMTG, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, OMP, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France ; ⁵Ifan Cheick Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

Magmatism, dynamism and mineralization : example of the Tifrit trough (western Algeria)

Mohamed Mahmoudi, Miloud Benhamou^*

Laboratoire de Géodynamique des Basins et Bilan Sédimentaire (GéoBaBiSé), Département des Sciences de la Terre, Faculté des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Univers, Université d’Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed, Algeria

Kourki molybdenum porphyry and copper system (Liptako, North Niger)

H. Mallam Mamane^*, Y. Ahmed, M. Konaté

Department of Geology, Groundwater and Georesources Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, PO Box 10662, Niamey, Niger

Physical volcanological features of pillow lavas from the Palaeoproterozoic Mako Supergroup, Eastern Senegal

Sharad Master^1,*, Moussa Dabo²

¹Economic Geology Research Institute, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; ²Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5005 Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Senegal

CO₂-emanating thermal springs as potentially lethal geohazards in the Dallol region, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, and the Hierapolis-Pamukkale region, Turkey

Sharad Master^*

Economic Geology Research Institute, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Palaeoproterozoic high δ¹³C carbonates from the Mako Supergroup, Eastern Senegal: A first record of the Lomagundi Carbon Isotope Excursion in West Africa

Sharad Master^1,*, P. Davechand², A. Bekker³

¹Economic Geology Research Institute, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; ²School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; ³Department of Earth Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA

The tectono-magmatic framework to gold mineralization in the Sadiola-Yatela gold camp and implications for the paleotectonic setting of the Kédougou-Kénieba inlier, West Africa

Quentin Masurel^1,*, Nicolas Thébaud¹, John Miller², Stanislav Ulrich³

¹Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, the University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, 6009, WA, Australia; ²Mineral Resources, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australian Resources Research Centre (ARRC), Kensington 6151, Western Australia, Australia; ³AngloGold Ashanti Australia Limited, Asset Development - Brownfields, 44 St. Georges Terrace, Perth 6000, Western Australia, Australia

The Eburnean Tinguicht pluton (Yetti domain, Algeria), emplacement evidenced by geological and geophysical data

Nacer Merabet^1,*, Yamina Mahdjoub², Abdeslam Abtout¹, Bernard Henry³, Said Maouche¹, Mohamed Kahoui², Atmane Lamali

¹CRAAG, BP 63, Bouzaréah 16340, Algiers, Algeria; ²USTHB, BP 32, El Alia 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria; ³Paleomagnetism, IPGP, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité and CNRS, 4 avenue de Neptune, 94107 Saint-Maur cedex, France

The implication of early architecture for gold endowment in a low strain environment; the Yaouré orogenic gold deposit, Côte d’Ivoire

Nicolas Mériaud^1,*, Nicolas Thébaud¹, Quentin Masurel¹, Patrick Hayman², Ghislain Tourigny³

¹Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, the University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, 6009, WA, Australia; ²Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia ; ³Perseus Mining Côte d’Ivoire, Cocody 2 Plateaux vallon, quartier Lemania 28 BP 571, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Architecture and petrography of syn-D₂ Eburnean granitoids: example of Massawa and Sofia deposits (Kanoumba permit, Kedougou Inlier, Senegal)

Mame Codou Ndiaye^1,*, Mamadou Gueye¹, Papa Malick Ngom²

¹Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) Dakar, Senegal ; ²Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, Senegal

Petrographic and geochemical characterization of the Archean fine granitoid: Example of the Bakoudou gold deposit in Gabon

Nazaire Nzaou Mabika^1,*, Amina Wafik¹, Abdellah Boushaba², Ali Saquaque³, Lhou Maacha³, Mohamed Garrhabi³

¹Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco; ²Faculty of Sciences of Fez, Morocco; ³Managem Group, Twin Center, Casablanca, Morocco

Veins generations and associated gold deposition in the Bonikro deposit, Fettèkro greenstone belt, Côte d’Ivoire

Z. Ouattara^1,2,*, Y. Coulibaly², M.C. Boiron³

¹Département de Géologie et matériau, UFR SGM, Université DE Man, BP 20 Man, Côte d'Ivoire ; ²Laboratoire de Géologie du Socle et Métallogénie, UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire ; ³Laboratoire de GéoRessources, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Boulevard des aiguillettes, BP 236, 54506, Vandoeuvre-lès-nancy cedex, France 

Kinematic of shear zones from central Burkina Faso (West Africa) using anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and microstructures

Saga Jr Sawadogo, Séta Naba^*

Laboratoire Géosciences et Environnement Minier, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

High-resolution landform-regolith mapping in a greenstone belt context of the Soudanian zone: Implications to mineral exploration

Benjamin Sawadogo^{1, 2,*}, Ousmane Bamba¹, Dominique Chardon^{1, 2}

¹Université Ouaga 1 Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso ; ²Institut de recherche pour le Développement (IRD), 01 BP 182 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

Effect of kaolinite amendment on rice tolerance to iron toxicity

Sylvain Sehi Zokagon^1,*, Brahima Koné², Affi Jeanne Bongoua Devisme³, Mamadou Cherif⁴, Yao-Kouamé Albert⁵

¹Centre d'Excellence Africain sur le Changement Climatique, la Biodiversité et l'Agriculture Durable,Université Félix Houphouet Boigny, Abidjan, 22BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire; ²Département des Sciences du Sol, Université Felix Houphouet Boigny, Abidjan, 22BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire; ³Département de Physiologie Végétale, Université Felix Houphouet Boigny, Abidjan, 22BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire

Hydrocarbon Potential Evaluation of Albian Shales from Offshore Benin Basin (Benin, West Africa)

Romaric Vihotogbé Senou^1,*, Gérard Alfred Franck d’Almeida¹, Christophe Kaki¹, Suzanne Amelina²

¹Department of Earth Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou 01 BP 4256, Benin; ²Water and Mine Ministry of the Benin Republic, Cotonou 04 BP 1412, Benin

Contribution to the knowledge of the Doropo region geology in North-Eastern Côte d'Ivoire (Ampella-Centamin licence)

Hervé Z. Siagne^*, Wilfried Digbeu, Alain N. Kouamelan

Laboratoire de Géologie du Socle et de Métallogénie, UFR STRM, Université FHB, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire

Geoelectric study of aquifer system. Case of localities of Dabakala (North of Ivory Coast)

Abé Parfait Sombo^1,*, Kouassi Eric-Germain Kouakou²

¹UFR en Environnement, Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé de Daloa, BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire; ²Département de Géosciences, UFR des Sciences biologiques, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly de Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire

Introduction to Birimian volcanology

Eudes S.N. Tegan^1,*, P.C. Hayman², Inza Coulibaly¹, Alain N. Kouamelan¹

¹Laboratoire de Géologie du Socle et de Métallogénie, UFR STRM, Université FHB, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²Faculté des Sciences et de l’Ingénierie, Science de la terre et biologie, géologie et géochimie, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St, Brisbane city QLD 4000, Australia

Geodynamic evolution of Eburnean rocks in southern Côte d'Ivoire

Koffi Raoul Teha^1,*, Denis Gapais², Alain Nicaise Kouamelan¹, Sagbrou Chérubin Djro¹, Marc Ephrem Allialy¹, Frédérique Moreau², N’Guessan Nestor Houssou¹

¹Laboratoire de Géologie du Socle et de Métallogénie, UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny de Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire; ²Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes - UMR 6118, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France

Metallogeny of the South West African Craton: a mineral system approach

Nicolas Thebaud^1,*, James Davis¹, John Miller¹, Graham Begg², Mark Jessel¹, Kim Hein³, Cam McCuaig¹, Lenka Baratoux⁴

¹Center for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; ²Minerals Targeting, Suite 26, 17 Prowse Street, West Perth, WA 6005, Australia; ³University of Witswatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa; ⁴Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, 14 ave E. Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France

Occurrence of some dinokyst within the subsurface gray clays of Upper Maastrichtian to Danian (K/PG) in the region of Eboinda: implications for palynostratigraphy, paleoenvironment and paleobiogeography

Kahou Katel Kizito Toé-Bi^1,*, Koré Elysé Guédé², Zoh Derrick Béhi¹, Zéli Bruno Digbehi¹

¹UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²UFR Sciences Géologiques et Minières, Université de Man, BP 20 Man, Côte d’Ivoire

New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of the Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary and plutonic rocks of the Massigui Square Degree (Southern Mali)

Ousmane Wane^1,*, Jean-Paul Liégeois², Nicolas Thébaud³, John Miller⁴, Václav Metelka^3,4, Mark Jessell³

¹Laboratoire de Minéralogie et de Pétrologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, BP E 3206, Colline de Badalabougou, Bamako, Mali; ²Geodynamics and Mineral Resources, Royal Museum for central Africa, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium; ³Centre For Exploration Targeting, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Crawley WA 6009, Australia; ⁴CSIRO - Australian Resources Research Centre, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington 6152, WA, Australia

Water resource and sustainable development in Ivory Cost

B.K. Yao^1,*, Y.T. Koffi ¹, K.E. Ahoussi ¹, A.M. Kouassi², J. Biemi¹

¹Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (LSTEE), UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire ; ²Département des Sciences de la Terre et des Ressources Minières (STeRMi), Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BP 1093 Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

Evolution of the dissolved oxygen content of water during the Coniacian-Santonian interval from the KM well of Côte d’Ivoire

Jean-Paul Yao N’Goran^1,*, Touvalé Marcel Kesse², Eric Diangone¹, Tokpa Emmanuel Goua³, Kader Bamba³, Zéli Bruno Digbehi¹

¹UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire; ²ESMG, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BP 1093 Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire; ³Centre d’Analyses et de Recherches (CAR) Petroci, Côte d’Ivoire

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^{UWA: University of Western Australia    UFHB: University Félix Houphouët-Boigny  IRD : Institut de Recherche pour le Développement   UCAD: Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar}

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2^nd IGCP638 meeting (Casablanca, Nov. 7-12^th, 2017)

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Post-Panafrican tectonic effect of the Bouskour-Tagmout mineralization (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco) using remote sensing and structural interpretation

Ayoub Aabi¹, Lahcen Baidder¹, Younes Hejja¹, Hassan Rhinane¹, Mohamed El Azmi²

¹Laboratoire des géosciences, Faculté des sciences Ain Chock, Université Hassan II, BP 5366 Maarif 20100, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Managem/SNI, Twin Center, Tower A, PB 16016, Maarif, Casablanca, Morocco

 

New paleomagnetic data on dykes to assess the accretions of West African Craton to Columbia and Rodinia

Tahar Aïfa¹, Nacer-Eddine Merabet²

¹Géosciences-Rennes, CNRS UMR 6118, Université de Rennes 1, Bat. 15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France, ²CRAAG, Laboratoire de Physique du Globe, BP 63, 16340 Algiers, Algeria

 

Controls on Gold, Rare Metals, Rare Earth Elements deposits in the Hoggar, Tuareg Shield (Southern Algeria)

Djamal-Eddine Aissa¹, Mokhtar Bagui², Abdelhak Boutaleb¹, Mourad Cherbal¹, Christian Marignac³, Warda Saad¹

¹Laboratoire de Métallogénie, USTHB Algiers , Algeria, ²ENOR, Tamanrasset, ³Géoressources, UMR-CNRS 7359, Ecole des Mines de Nancy, France

 

African marine radioactivity: case of marine sediments in the oceans and seas

Hasna Ait Bouh¹, Nadia Ziad², Abdelmoughit Laissaoui¹, Driss Zejli², Moussa Bounakhla¹, Hassane Erguig²

¹National Centre for Energy Sciences and Nuclear Techniques (CNESTEN), Rabat, Morocco, ²Ibn Tofail University, National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), Kenitra, Morocco

 

New structural and petrographic data of magmatic dykes and sills of the Tadaout-Tizi n'Rsas anticline, Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco

Mustapha Ait Daoud, Abdelhafid Essalhi, Mourad Essalhi, Abdesselam Toummite

Equipe de Recherche, Géophysique, Géoressources et Patrimoine (ER-GGP), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Moulay Ismail, Errachidia,  Morocco

 

Characterization and valuation of clays in the northeastern region of Morocco

H. Ait Hmeid¹, M. Akodad¹, M. Baghour¹, M. El Gattafi¹, A. Moumen¹, L. Daoudi², A. Aknaf¹, M. Aalaoul³

¹Laboratoire Observatoire de la Lagune Marchica de Nador et Régions Limitrophes (OLMAN-RL), Faculté Pluridisciplinaire de Nador, Université Mohammed I, Oujda, Morocco, ²Laboratoire des Géosciences Géoressources et Environnement, Département de géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco, ³Laboratoire des Géosciences Appliquées, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed I, Oujda, Morocco

 

Refining the stratigraphy of the Tizi n’Taghatine Group via U-Pb Geochronology of the Ifzwane Suite and detrital zircons of sedimentary rocks (Zenaga and Bou Azzer-El Graara inliers, Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

Abdelhak Ait Lahna¹, Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari², Nasrrddine Youbi^1,3, Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei⁴, Richard E. Ernst^5,6, Hassan Admou¹, João Mata³, El Hafid Bouougri¹, Kei Sato², Ulf Söderlund^7,8, Andreas Gärtner¹⁰, Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi¹, Latifa Chaib¹, Moha Ikenne⁹, Ulf Linnemann¹⁰, Jean-Louis Bodinier¹¹, Mohamed Khalil Bensalah¹

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Prince Moulay Abdellah Boulevard, P.O. Box 2390, Marrakech, Morocco, ²Centro de Pesquisas Geocronológicas (CPGeo), Instituto de Geociências (IG), Universidade de São Paulo- USP, Caixa Postal 11348, CEP 05422-970, São Paulo (SP), Brazil, ³ Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, ⁴Instituto de Geociências (IG), Departamento de Mineralogia e Geotectônica (GMG), Universidade de São Paulo- USP, Rua do Lago, 562 Cidade Universitária 05508-080 São Paulo (SP), Brasil, ⁵Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6, ⁶Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave, Tomsk 634050, Russia, ⁷Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden, ⁸The Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibnou Zohr University, c Agadir, Morocco, ¹⁰Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie, Sektion Geochronologie, GeoPlasma Lab, Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany, ¹¹Géosciences Montpellier, Université de Montpellier 2, CNRS, Cc 60, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France

 

Contribution of geophysics to the study of the Goumeré gold mineralization (northeast of the Ivory Coast): induced magnetometry and polarization

E.B.J.C. Aka¹, L.N. Kouamé¹, S.P. Djroh¹, A.Y.E. Éby¹, K.F. Tani¹, Y.A.S.I. Oboué¹, É. Gahé², B.C. Sombo¹

¹Laboratoire de Géophysique Appliquée, UFR des Sciences de la Terre et des Ressources Minières (STRM), Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire, ²Géoservices Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

 

A general tectonic framework in the Sangmelima greenstone belt in Southern Cameroon (NW Congo Craton): Mining exploration implications

Joseph Martial Akame¹, Sébatien Owona², Denis Gapais³, Joseph Mvondo Ondoa¹

¹URFD-Geosciences, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Yaounde I, PO Box 812 Yaounde, Cameroon, ²UFD-Bio-Géosciences, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Douala, PO Box 24157 Douala, Cameroon, ³Géosciences-Rennes, CNRS UMR 6118, Université de Rennes 1, Bat. 15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France

 

Geological and physiochemical characterization of clay materials in the Cristal Cerame quarry (region of Berrechid-Morocco)

Rachid Amrou¹, Amine Tahiri¹, El Mehdi Mansour², Mohamed Soufi¹

¹Laboratoire des géosciences appliquées à l'ingénierie de l'aménagement (GAIA), Faculté des sciences Ain Chock, Université Hassan II, BP 5366 Maarif 20100, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Laboratoire des géosciences, Faculté des sciences Ain Chock, Université Hassan II, BP 5366 Maarif 20100, Casablanca, Morocco

 

Using the box-counting method to analyze the disturbances of phosphate series of Sidi Chennane (Central Morocco)

Abderrahim Ayad, Saad Bakkali

Earth Sciences Department, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco

New zircon U-Pb ages of the Imiter granitoids (Saghro massif, eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco): Geodynamic implications

Bouchra Baidada¹, Moha Ikenne², Pierre Barbey³, Abdelkhalek Alansari¹, Abderrahmane Soulaimani¹, Brian Coussens⁴, Faouziya Haissen⁵, Said Ilmen¹

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco, ²LAGAGE, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco, ³CRPG-CNRS, 15 Rue Notre Dame des Pauvres, BP 20, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ⁴Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, ⁵LGCA, Faculté des Sciences Ben Msik, Université Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco

Characterization of the pan-African mobile belt basement deformation in Southern Maradi (South Niger), relationship with gold mineralizatio

I.S. Baraou, M. Konaté, Y. Ahmed

¹Department of Geology, Abdou Moumouni University, BP 10662, Niamey, Niger

 

A Complex Paleoproterozoic Evolution of the In Ouzzal Terrane (Hoggar, Algeria) revealed by zircon and monazite Geochronology and P-T path of Al-Fe granulites

A. Benbatta^1,2, A. Bendaoud¹, C. Arrido², Z. Adjerid³, B. Cenki-Tok⁴, M.J. Román-Alpiste², V. López Sánchez-Vizcaíno⁵, Bruguier⁴, S. Djemai¹, K. Ouzegane¹

¹FSTGAT-USTHB, BP32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111 Algiers, Algeria, ²IACT, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, Avenida de las Palmeras 4, 18100 Armilla (Granada), Spain, ³Ecole Normale Supérieure, Dpt des Sciences Naturelles, BP 92, Vieux Kouba, 16050 Algiers, Algeria, ⁴Géosciences Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier, France, ⁵Dpto. de Geología, Universidad de Jaén, Escuela Politécnica Superior, 23700 Linares, Spain

 

Precambrian evolution of the Tirek terrane (Hoggar, Algeria): Evidence for the existence of an Archeo-Paleoproterozoïc continent in the western part of the Tuareg shield

Abderrahmane Bendaoud¹, Renaud Caby², Safouane Djemaï¹, Olivier Bruguier², Khadidja Ouzegane¹, Jean-Robert Kienast³, Aboubakr Deramchi¹, Hamid Haddoum¹

¹Faculté des Sciences de la Terre, de la Géographie et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, USTHB, BP 32, Dar el Beida 16111, Alger, Algeria, ²Géosciences Montpellier, cc 056, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier, France, ³Laboratoire de Géosciences Marines, UFR des Sciences Physiques de la Terre, Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot, UMR 7097, 4 place Jussieu, Tour 14, 5^ème Etage Paris, Cedex 05, France

 

Discovery of Ichtyofauna at the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in Ouarsenis (Algeria)

Miloud Benhamou¹, Mohamed Brahim¹, Louis Taverne²

¹Laboratoire de Géodynamique des Bassins et Bilan Sédimentaire, Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Univers, Université d’Oran 2, Campus Belgaïd, Bir El Djir, BP 1524 Oran, Algeria, ² Department of Palaeontology, Royal Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium

 

Mineralogical and seismic properties of serpentinite of Ait Ahmane fault zone of Bou Azzer ophiolite, Central Anti-Atlas of Morocco

Mohamed Bhilisse¹, Amina Wafik¹, Haemyeong Jung², Hassan Admou¹, Lhou Maacha³, Ali Aydda¹

¹Department of Geology. Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco, ²School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea, ³Managem mining Company (SA), Twin Center, Casablanca, Morocco

 

Evidences of rare metals (Nb-Ta) mineralization in pegmatites from Mangodara district (South-West, Burkina Faso)

Wiledio Marc-Emile Bonzi^1,2, Kafohe Abdoul-Azise Hema³, Marieke Van Lichtervelde^2,4, Anne-Sylvie André-Mayer⁵, Stefano Salvi², Olivier Vanderhaeghe², Urbain Wenmenga¹

¹Laboratoire des Géoressouces et de l’Environnement (LAGREN), Département des Sciences de la Terre, University Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, ²Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), University of Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, OMP-CNRS-IRD, Toulouse, France, ³Bureau des Mines et de la Géologie du Burkina (BUMIGEB), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, ⁴IFAN, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal, ⁵GeoRessources, University of Lorraine, CNRS-CREGU, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

 

Risk attenuation and Seismic activity at Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira volcanoes in the Western Branch of the East African rift for DR Congo

Leon Bora Uzima^1,2,3, Tomple Byamungu^1,4

¹Centre of Expertise and Geological Survey (CEEG), ²University of Goma, Goma, D.R. Congo, ³Geological Society of Africa (GSAF), ⁴University of Korea

 

Geotechnical characterization of Mugara site material, its contribution to the building of Goma town

L. Bora Uzima^1,2,3, G. Shungu^1,2, T. Byamungu²

¹University of Goma, Goma, D.R. Congo, ²Centre of Expertise and Geological Survey (CEEG), ³Geological Society of Africa (GSAF)

 

Contribution of the static and chemical study of waters: Case of great Sebkha Basin, Oran

Nabila Boualla

Laboratory of Materials, Soils and Heat Sciences, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Science and Technology USTO-MB, Oran, Algeria

 

Rating Quantitative and Mapping of landslides in the Quarry of Ouenza, Algeria

Mohamed Chaib Rachid Boudiaf

 

Inventory and Assessment of Geomorphosites for Geotourism Development: a Case Study of Aït Bou Oulli Valley (Central High-Atlas, Morocco)

Hicham Bouzekraoui^1,2, Ahmed Barakat ², Fatima Touhami³, Atika Mouaddine⁴, Mohamed El Youssi¹  

¹Team of Geotourism and Desertic Environments, Faculty of Sciences, Rabat, Morocco, ²Georessources and Environment Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Beni-Mellal, Morocco, ³Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Research in Sciences and Technologies, Polydisciplinary Faculty, Beni-Mellal, Morocco, ⁴Laboratory of biology engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Beni-Mellal, Morocco

 

Irbiben granite (West Anti-Atlas, Morocco), witness of an episode of convergence between oceanic lithosphere northward and West African Craton southward

Tokpa Kakeu Lionel-Dimitri Boya¹, Dagri David Goulihi¹, N’guessan Nestor Houssou¹, Allou Gnanzou¹, Souad M’rabet², Benyounes Maamar ³, Sagbrou Chérubin Djro¹

¹Laboratoire de Géologie du Socle et de Métallogénie, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Terre et des Ressources Minières, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny, 22 BP 582, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, ²Laboratoire de Géoressources et Environnement, Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail,  BP 133, 14000 Kénitra, Morocco, ³Managem Group, Twin Center, Tour A, Angle Boulevards Zerktouni et Al Massira Al Khadra, BP 5199, Casablanca, Morocco

 

Contribution of field portable XRF to the characterization of Columbo-Tantalite placer deposits of Issia, Ivory Coast

Joseph K. Brou¹, Marieke Van Lichtervelde², David Baratoux², Alain N. Kouamelan¹

¹University F.H.B. of Abidjan-Cocody, UFR-STRM, 22 B.P. 582 Abidjan 22, Ivory Coast, ²IRD, GET, University of Toulouse III, 14, avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France

Nkob Talc deposit (Siroua inlier, Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco): Litho-structural and petrographic characterizations

Adil Chatir^1,*, Nasser Ennih¹, Antoine Triantafyllou², Julien Berger³, Ezzoura Errami¹, Abdelmohsine Aghzer¹

¹EGGPG, Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Chouaïb Doukkali, 24000 El Jadida, Morocco, ²Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, UFR Sciences et Techniques, UMR-CNRS 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France, ³Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, UMR-CNRS 5563, 31400 Toulouse, France

Thrust to braiding transpression and transtension tectonics during the Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Birimian Greenstone Belt of Mako, Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, Eastern Senegal

Moussa Dabo^1,2, Tahar Aïfa², Ibrahima Gassama¹, Papa Malick Ngom¹

¹Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, Senegal, ²Géosciences Rennes, CNRS UMR 6118, Université de Rennes 1, Bat.15, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France

 

Evidence of syntectonic microleucogranites in polymetallic district of Tighza (Central Morocco): Geodynamic implication

K. Dachri¹, T. Remmal¹, S. Makhoukhi¹, T. Montoy², L.Ouazzani², M.Soufi¹

¹Laboratoire des Géosciences Appliquées à l’Ingénierie de l’Aménagement, Faculté des sciences Ain Chock, Université Hassan II, BP 5366, Maarif 20100 Casablanca, Morocco, ²Compagnie Minière de Touissit (CMT), Tighza, Mriret, Morocco

 

Study of the Haut-Sassandra granitoids (Midwest of Ivory Coast): towards a geodynamical evolution model

A.Gh. Dago^1,2, Coulibaly¹, J. Barbarand², C. Pallares²

¹Laboratoire de Géologie du Socle et de Métallogénie, UFR-STRM, Univ. F.H.B., Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, ²Géosciences Paris-Sud (GEOPS), Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 504, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France

 

New geological structures in the Brobo region (Central Ivory Coast). Helping to understand the Paleoproterozoic tectonics of the West African Craton

Seydou Mathurin Daï Bi^1,2, Gbele Ouattara³, Allou Gnanzou⁴, Kouebaleu Ghislaine Prisca Kpan ⁵

¹Laboratoire des Géosciences, Cadre de vie, Environnement et Sciences Géographique, UMRI 68, Ecole Doctorale Polytechnique, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, ²Newcrest Mining Côte d’Ivoire, ³Laboratoire des Géosciences, Cadre de vie, Environnement et Sciences Géographique, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, ⁴Laboratoire de Géologie du Socle et Métallogénie, UFR STRM, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire, ⁵Laboratoire des Géosciences, Cadre de vie, Environnement et Sciences Géographique, UMRI 68, Ecole Doctorale Polytechnique, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

 

Preliminary geological data for the Etéké-Gabon deposits

M. Dalil¹, M. Garrabi², Z. Baroudi¹, F. Haissen¹, S. Alikouss¹, Y. Zerhouni¹

¹Laboratoire de géodynamique des chaînes anciennes (LGCA), Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sik, Université Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco ; ²Groupe MANAGEM Gabon, Mines et métaux

 

Geo-environmental modeling of a Birimian gold deposit (West African Paleoproterozoic Belt): Case study of Sissingué gold project Perseus Mining in Ivory Coast

Yacouba Diarra, Gbele Ouattara

Laboratoire de Génie civil, Géosciences et Sciences Géographiques / UMRI 68, BP 1093 Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

Assessing the contamination level of soils with heavy metals and rare earth elements around a Pb/Zn abandoned mining site in the northeastern region of Morocco

Abdellah El Azhari, My Lâarabi El Hachimi, Faouziya Haissen, Ali Rhoujjati

Equipe Géoscience et Environnement (E.G.E.), Laboratoire de Géologie, CRMEF BP 6210 Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat 10000, Morocco

 

New U/Pb ages of the calc-alkaline felsic volcanism of El Jadida (Moroccan Coastal Block)

Hind El Haibi¹, Hassan El Hadi¹, Abdelfatah Tahiri², David Jesús Martínez Poyatos³, Irene Pérez Cáceres³

¹Laboratory of Geodynamic of older belts, Faculty of Sciences, University Hassan II, Ben M’Sik Av Driss El Harti BP 7955, Sidi Othmane, Casablanca, Morocco; ²Laboratory of Geology and Remote Sensing, Scientific Institute, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco; ³Laboratory of Geodynamics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

 

The distribution of the Central Iapetus Magmatic Province (CIMP) into West African craton: U-Pb dating, geochemistry and petrology of Douar Eç-çour and Imiter mafic Dyke Swarms (High and Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

Warda El Moume¹, Nasrrddine Youbi^1,2, Andrea Marzoli³, Hervé Bertrand⁴, Andreas Gärtner⁵, Ulf Linnemann⁵, Axel Gerdes⁶, Richard E. Ernst^7,8, Ulf Söderlund^9,10, El Hachimi Hind¹¹, Giuliano Bellieni³, Moha Ikenne¹², Abdelhak Ait Lahna¹, Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari¹³, Mohamed Khalil Bensalah¹, Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi¹, Chrystèle Vérati¹⁴

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Prince Moulay Abdellah Boulevard, P.O. Box 2390, Marrakech, Morocco, ²Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, ³Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Universita di Padova, I-35137 Padova, Italy, ⁴Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, UMR CNRS 5276, ENS de Lyon et Université Lyon1, 46, Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France, ⁵Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie, Sektion Geochronologie, GeoPlasma Lab, Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany, ⁶Institut für Geowissenschaften, Mineralogie, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Altenhoeferallee 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany, ⁷Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6 Canada, ⁸Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave, Tomsk 634050, Russia, ⁹Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden, ¹⁰The Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden, ¹¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibnou Zohr University, P.O. Box 28/S, Agadir, Morocco, ¹²Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibnou Zohr University, P.O. Box 28/S, Agadir, Morocco, ¹³Centro de Pesquisas Geocronológicas (CPGeo), Instituto de Geociências (IG), Universidade de São Paulo- USP, Caixa Postal 11348, CEP 05422-970, São Paulo (SP), Brazil, ¹⁴UMR GéeoAzur, 250 rue Albert Einstein, Batiment1, Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France

 

Evaluation of the degree of metal pollution in the waters and sediments of the Sidi Hsayen Dam (Morocco)

Mouna Elafia¹, Brahim Damnati¹, Hamid Bounouira²

¹Laboratory of Environment, Oceanology and Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, University Abdelamlek Essaâdi Tanger, Morocco, ²Unit Geochemistry and Chemical Pollution (UGPC), Division of Earth Sciences and Environment (DSTE), National Center for Energy, Nuclear Science and Technology (CNESTEN), Morocco

 

Geology and metallogenesis of the sediment-hosted Cu-Ag deposit of Tizert (Igherm inlier, Anti-Atlas Copper Belt, Morocco)

Abderrahim Essaifi¹, Abdellah Oummouch^1,2, Rachid Zayane¹, Othmane Maddi², Mohamed Zouhair², Lhou Maacha²

¹Geology Department, Cadi Ayyad University, B.P. 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco, ²Managem Group, BP5199, Casablanca, 20100 Morocco

Post-Variscan magmatism of Tighza: mapping and structural study of the Anjdam magmatic complex (south zone of Tighza district, eastern part of central Meseta, Morocco)

Aboubaker Farah¹, Houssine Boutarouine¹, Samira Makhoukhi¹, Toufik Remmal¹, Tristan Mantoy²

¹Faculté des Sciences Ain Chock, Université Hassan II, BP 5366 Mâarif, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Compagnie minière de Touissit (CMT), Mine de Tighza, Morocco

Relationships between North Téra Birimian gondites and manganese mineralization (Liptako, West Niger)

A. Garba Saley, M. Konaté, A. Soumaila, Y. Ahmed

Department of Geology, Groundwater and Georesources Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, PO Box 10662, Niamey, Niger

 

Architecture of transpressional shear zone systems in the Mako Belt (SE-Senegal): implication for gold mineralization

M. Gueye¹, A.N.R. Ndoye¹, P.M. Ngom², M. Diene¹

¹Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) Dakar, Senegal, ²Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, UCAD Dakar, Senegal

Essay of reconstitution of the surfacial geology of Ouargla Basin - South Algeria

Mohammed Hadj Kouider, Imed Eddine Nezli

Laboratoire de Géologie du Sahara, Université Kasdi Merbah, BP 511 Ouargla, Algeria

 

Geological evolution, salt tectonics and petroleum potential of the Atlantic passive margins of Morocco and Mauritania

Mohamad Hafid

Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, Kénitra, Morocco

 

The Precambrian of the Reguibat Shield (West African Craton, Southermost Morocco): Petrology, Geochemistry and Geochronology

F. Haissen¹, P. Montero² , F. Bea², J.F. Molina², A. Mouttaqi³, A. Errami⁴, F.G. Lodeiro⁴

¹LGCA, Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences Ben Msik, Université Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, 18071 Granada, Spain, ³Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines, 5 Avenue Moulay Hassan, Rabat, Morocco, ⁴Departamento de Geodinámica, Universidad de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, 18071 Granada, Spain

 

Mineralization distribution in the Late Ediacaran-Cambrian transition northeast of Saghro Massif (Eastern Anti Atlas, Morocco): Tectono-stratigraphic controls

Younes Hejja¹, Lahssen Baidder¹, Abdelaziz Gaouzi², Abdellah Naitbba¹

¹Laboratoire des géosciences, Faculté des sciences Ain Chock, Université Hassan II, BP 5366 Maarif 20100, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Managem Group/SNI, Twin Center, Tower A, PB 16016, Maarif, Casablanca, Morocco

Petrology, geochemistry, and emplacement model of Tiébélé granite pluton, Burkina Faso (West-Africa): what capacity to build up metal?

Hermann Ilboudo¹, Sâga Sawadogo¹, Abraham Traoré¹ Naba Seta¹, Wenmenga Urbain¹, Lompo Martin¹, David Lentz²

¹Laboratoire Géosciences et Environnement Minier, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso,  ²Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada E3B 5A3

Geology, Geotectonic and Georesources in relation to sustainable development in Sudan

Badr El Din K.A. Khalil

Faculty of Petroleum and Minerals, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan

 

Extraction of fractures zones at the borders of Guinea, Mali and Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa) using LANDSAT7 ETM⁺ optical imagery, ERS Radar and SRTM: Support for gold mining research

Barthélémy Gnammytchet Koffi, Gbélé Ouattara

Laboratoire de Génie civil, Géosciences et Sciences Géographiques, Département des Sciences de la Terre et des Ressources Minières (STeRMi), Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny de Yamoussoukro, BP 1093 Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

 

Mapping of geological accidents using Landsat ETM⁺, RadarSat and DTM (SRTM) remote sensing imagery and analysis of the fractures network of the Precambrian basement of the Northwest sector of Côte d'Ivoire - West Africa

Barthélémy Gnammytchet Koffi, Alphonse Kouakou Yao, Gbélé Ouattara

Laboratoire de Génie civil, Géosciences et Sciences Géographiques, Département des Sciences de la Terre et des Ressources Minières (STeRMi), Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny de Yamoussoukro, BP 1093 Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

 

Analysis of the fracture network in the Séguéla-Mankono region (central-west Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa). Contribution to the understanding of the emplacement of the lamproid dykes and diamondiferous phologopite kimberlites

Barthélémy Gnammytchet Koffi, Gbele Ouattara

Laboratoire de Génie civil, Géosciences et Sciences Géographiques, Département des Sciences de la Terre et des Ressources Minières (STeRMi), Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny de Yamoussoukro, BP 1093 Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

 

Metamorphism and U-P monazites dating of the SASCA domain (South-West of Ivory Coast)

Augustin Y. Koffi¹, Sagbrou C. Djro¹, Lenka Baratoux^2,3, Alain N. Kouamelan¹, Pavel Pitra⁴, Olivier Vanderhaeghe², Sylvain Block², Hervé K. Fossou¹

¹UFHB Abidjan-Cocody, UFR STRM, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire, ²Geosciences Environment Toulouse, Midi Pyrénées Observatory, IRD, 14 avenue E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France, ³IFAN, Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal, ⁴Geosciences Rennes, CNRS UMR6118, University of Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France

 

Thermal Evolution of the Proterozoic crust during the Eburnean Orogeny, Kedougou Kenieba Inlier, Eastern Senegal

Jacques Kone^1,2, Lenka Baratoux^1,3, Papa Moussa Ndiaye^1,2, Olivier Vandherhaaeghe¹

¹Laboratoire GET, University of Toulouse, IRD, CNRS UMR 5563, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, 14 Ave. Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France, ²Département de géologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Senegal, ³IFAN Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

 

Archean inheritance in the juvenile Paleoproterozoic (Birimian) domain of Man Rise: Geochemical and Geodynamical implications

A.N. Kouamelan¹, J.L. Paquette², P. Pitra³, J.J. Peucat³

¹Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny Abidjan-Cocody, UFR STRM 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire, ²Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, CNRS UMR6524, Université Blaise Pascal, 63 000 Clermont-Ferrand, France, ³Geosciences-Rennes, CNRS UMR6118, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes cedex, France

The danger of the use of minerals in cosmetics and traditional medicine

Dahbia Labchri, Samia Bencheikh

Department of Earth Sciences and Universe, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

The geological heritage of the Oued Akrech area (northwestern part of Morocco): inventory and geotourism

Sakina Mehdioui¹, Hassan El Hadi¹, Abdelfatah Tahiri², José Brilha³

¹Laboratory of old chains, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University, Avenue Cdt Driss El Harti, BP 7955, Ben M'Sik 20,800, Casablanca, Morocco; ²Laboratory of Geo-Biodiversity and Natural Patrimony, Scientific Institute, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco; ³Earth Sciences Centre, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal

 

Using mathematical morphology from Geoeye satellite image for automated extraction of dykes lineaments. Application to field Tasiast geology, Reguibat ridge, Moroccan Sahara

Youness Alaoui Mhamedi, Hassan Rhinane, Dounya Dakir, Omar Saddiqi, Ahmed Bensalmia, Said Fal

Laboratoire "Géosciences", Faculté des Sciences Aïn Chock , Université Hassan II, BP 5366, Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco

 

Investigation of the inner structures of N'ait N’Aït El Haj and Hebri's maars (Middle-Atlas volcanic zone, Morocco): high resolution gravity data

Hassan Mhiyaoui¹, Mustapha Boujamaoui², Ahmed Manar³, Toufik Remmal¹, Sara Mountaj¹, Fouad Elkamel¹ , Iz-Eddine El Amrani El Hassani⁴

¹Laboratoire des Géosciences Appliquées à l’Ingénierie d’Aménagement, Faculté des Sciences Ain Chock, Université Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Département de la géologie, Faculté des Sciences et techniques, Université Moulay Ismail, Errachidia, Morocco, ³Direction de la géologie, Ministère de l’Energie, des Mines, de l’Eau et de l’Environnement, Rabat, Morocco, ⁴Laboratoire de Géologie et de Télédétection, Institut Scientifique, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Morocco

 

The Precambrian basement of Morocco (Sahara, Anti-Atlas and Meseta): a review

André Michard

Paris-Sud University, UMR CNRS-UPS 8148 IDES, Bâtiment 504, 91405 Orsay cedex, France

 

Prospecting of potential meteorite impact structures in Gabon

P.Y. Mongui¹, H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane¹, D. Baratoux^2,3, M.C. Makaya Mvoubou⁴

¹Laboratoire de Géosciences Appliquées à l’Ingénierie de l’Aménagement (GAIA), Faculté des Sciences Ain-Chock, Université Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Géosciences-Environnement-Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier CNRS & IRD UMR 5563, 14, avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France, ³Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal. ⁴Université des Sciences et Technique de Masuku, Gabon

 

Migration of the explosion focus within the Lachmine N’Aït El Haj maar (Middle Atlas - Morocco)

Sara Mountaj¹, Toufik Remmal¹, Samira Makhoukhi¹, Iz-eddine El Hassani El Amrani^2, Benjamin Van Wyke de Vries³

¹ Laboratory of Applied Geosciences and Engineering, Faculty of Science, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Institute of Scientific Research, Rabat. Morocco, ³Laboratory Magmas and Volcanoes, CNRS UMR6524, Observatory of the Physics of the Globe,University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand II, France

Late orogenic evolution of the Leo/Man shield : a reconstitution using fabrics of granitic plutons

Séta Naba, Seydoux Abraham Traore, Saga Sawadogo, Martin Lompo

Laboratoire Géosciences et Environnement Minier, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

 

Lithostrutural framework for orogenic gold deposits in the Kédougou inlier (case of Massawa and Sofia on the MTZ)

Mame Codou Ndiaye¹, Mamadou Gueye¹, Papa Malick Ngom²

¹Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, Senegal, ²Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, Senegal

 

Petrographic and geochemical characterization of the Archean fine granitoid: example of the Bakoudou gold deposit in Gabon

Nazaire Nzaou Mabika¹, Amina Wafik¹, Abdellah Boushaba², Ali Saquaque³, Lhou Maacha³, Mohamed Garrhabi³

¹Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco, ²Faculté des Sciences de Fès, Morocco, ³Managem Group, Twin Center, Casablanca, Morocco

The Ediaracan tectonic events, inferred from the Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) of the Imiter dyke swarms (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

Khadija Otmane¹, Ezzoura Errami¹, Philippe Olivier², Julien Berger², Antoine Triantafyllou^3,4, Nasser Ennih¹

¹Equipe de Géodynamique, Géo-éducation et Patrimoine Géologique, Chouaïb Doukkali University, Faculty of Sciences, El Jadida, Morocco. ²Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, OMP, F-31400 Toulouse, France, ³Université de Mons, B-7000, Belgium, ⁴Université de Nantes, UMR-CNRS 6112, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France

 

Lithospheric thickness and principal crustal lineaments of Southern Algeria: attempt to locate diamondiferous magmatic primary sources

Sonia Ouadahi¹, Anissa Benmammar, Abderahmane Bendaoud, Massinissa Amara, Hichem Boubekri, Mohamed Hamoudi

University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, FSTGAT, Algiers, Algeria

 

Meseta and Anti-Atlas domains (Morocco): which relationships during the Paleozoic?

Hassan Ouanaimi

Université Cadi Ayyad, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Marrakech

 

Contribution of Landsat satellite images to the litho-structural mapping of the Oumjrane region (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

Lhoussayn Ouhoussa¹, Saida El Moutaki¹, Abdessamad Ghafiri¹, Saida Alikouss²

¹Laboratory of Applied Geology, Geomatics and Environment, Ben M'sick Faculty of Science, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Managem Group, Twin Center, Tower A, Angle Bd Zektouni and Bd Al Massira Alkhadra, Maarif- Casablanca, Morocco

 

Post-Variscan vertical movements of the Anti-Atlas Belt (Morocco): Synthesis of the low-temperature thermochronological data

M. Oukassou¹, O. Saddiqi², J. Barbarand³, A. Michard⁴

¹Laboratory “DBSCG” Faculty of Sciences Ben M’sik, Hassan II University, BP 7955, Sidi Othman, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Laboratory “Géosciences”, Faculty of Sciences Aïn Chock, Hassan II University, BP 5366, Maârif, Casablanca, Morocco, ³Paris-Sud University, UMR CNRS-UPS 8148 IDES, Bâtiment 504, 91405 Orsay cedex, France, ⁴Paris-Sud University, 10 rue des Jeûneurs, 75002 Paris, France

 

Systematic prospecting of circular structures by satellite imagery for the search for potential new impact craters in Mauritania

Ely cheikh Ould Mohamed Navee¹, Chennaoui Hassna Aoudjehane¹, David Baratoux^2,3

¹Faculty of Sciences, Hassan II University, G.A.I.A. Laboratory, BP5366 Maarif, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal, ³Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, University of Toulouse, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement   & CNRS, 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France

 

Gold in the massive sulphide deposit of Jebilet massif (Hercynian, Morocco). The example of Sidi Mbark (Draa Sfar North)

A. Outigua^1,4, A. Essaifi ², L. Maacha³, M. Zouhair³, M.Outhounjit¹, M. Essaoudi¹

¹Compagnie minière des Guemassa, BP 469, Médina-Marrakech, Morocco, ²Département de Géologie, Université Cadi Ayyad, BP 2390, Marrakech 4000, Morocco, ³Managem, Twin Center, Tour A, Angle Boulevard Zerktouni & Massira Khadra, BP 5199 Casablanca , Morocco, ⁴DLGR ; Université Cadi Ayyad, BP 2390, Marrakech 4000, Morocco

The granitic complex of Kan (center of Côte d’Ivoire): petrography and mechanisms of deformation

Koffi K. Pria¹, Y. Coulibaly¹, S. Mrabet³ M. Allialy¹, N. Houssou¹, L. Boya¹

¹University Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire, ²University Ibn Tofaïl of Kénitra, Morocco

Petrology and geochemistry of K-rich Paleoproterozoic Birimian granitoids of the West African Craton, northern Ghana: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications

Rauda Adam Addae¹, Patrick Asamoah Sakyi², Ben-Xun Su³, Samuel Boakye Dampare⁴, Emmanuel Abitty⁵, Daniel Kwadwo Asiedu²

¹Ghana Geological Survey Authority, PO Box M80, Accra, Ghana, 2Department of Earth Science, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana, ³Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China, ⁴School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana, ⁵Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy

 

Datation d’une carotte sédimentaire de la région de Moulay Bousselham à l’aide du ²¹⁰Pb et le ¹³⁷Cs

Fadoua Rokne¹, Hasna Ait Bouh², Nadia Ziad³, Abdelmoughit Laissaoui², Azzouz Benkdad²

¹Université Ibn Tofail, faculté des sciences, Kenitra, Morocco, ²Centre National de l’Energie des Sciences et des Techniques Nucléaires (CNESTEN), Rabat, Morocco, ³Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées (ENSA), Kenitra, Morocco

Contribution of remote sensing for geological study of the southeast Constantine Basin, Algeria

M. Sadaoui,  H. Bouchahda, S. Beddiar

Laboratory of Mineral and Energetical Resources, Department of Geology, Faculty of Hydrocarbons and Chemistry, University M’Hamed Bougara, Boumerdes 35000, Algeria

 

A synkinematic pluton emplacement along a major shear zone revealed by AMS study, northern Burkina Faso (West Africa)

Sâga Sawadogo, Abraham Seydoux Traoré, Hermann Ilboudo, Séta Naba, Martin Lompo

Laboratoire Géosciences et Environnement Minier, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

 

Fracture evolution in the Paleozoic massif of Tichka (Western High Atlas, Morocco): Remote sensing and structural analysis

Hicham Si Mhamdi¹, Mohammed Raji¹, Mostafa Oukassou², Soufiane Maimouni³

¹Laboratory of Geodynamics of Old Belts, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco, ²Laboratory of Sedimentary Basins Dynamic and Geological Correlations, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco, ³Laboratory of Applied Geology, Geomatics and Environment, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco

 

Petrological and mineralogical characteristics of pyroxenites, hornblendite and websterite xenoliths from the Jbel Saghro Volcanic Field (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

Abdelghani Soukrati¹, Julien Berger², Nasrrddine Youbi^1,3, Michel Grégoire², Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi¹, Ali Ahmadi Ben Said Idris¹, Khalid Rkha Chaham¹

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Prince Moulay Abdellah Boulevard, P.O. Box 2390, Marrakech, Morocco, ²GET, Université de Toulouse, CNRS-CNES-IRD-Université Paul Sabatier, OMP, 14 Av. E. Belin 31400 Toulouse, France, ³Instituto Dom Luiz (LA), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Geologia, Portugal, Edifício C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Portugal

Ediacaran to Cambrian granite pebbles in the Lower Devonian conglomerate of Imouzzer Kandar (northwestern Middle Atlas, Morocco): new U-Pb ages and geochemistry

A. Tahiri¹, H. El Hadi², D. Martínez-Poyatos³, J.F.Simancas³, F.G. Lodeiro³, A. Azor³, H. El Haibi¹

¹Laboratory of Geology and Remote Sensing, Scientific Institute, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco; ²Laboratory of Geodynamic of older belts, Faculty of Sciences, University Hassan II, Ben M’Sik Av Driss El Harti BP 7955, Sidi Othmane, Casablanca, Morocco; ³Laboratory of Geodynamics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

 

Geostatistical and GIS analysis of the spatial variability of alluvial gold content in Ngoura-Colomines area, Eastern Cameroon: Implications for the exploration of primary gold deposit

Jonas Didero Takodjou Wambo¹, Sylvestre Ganno¹, Yannick Sthopira Djonthu Lahe^1,2, Gus Djibril Kouankap Nono³, Hermann Fossi¹, Jean Paul Nzenti¹

¹Department of Earth Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, PO Box 812 Yaounde, Cameroon, ²Institute for Geological and Mining Research,  POBox 333, Garoua, Cameroon, ³Department of Geology, HTTC, University of Bamenda, PO Box 39 Bambili, Bamenda, Cameroon

 

Study of the possibilities of acid mine drainage from the mining sites of the Yaouré gold province (Center of Côte d'Ivoire): implications in the pollution of surface and underground waters

Tonga Paul Tiemoko, Gbele Ouattara

Laboratoire des Géosciences, Cadre de vie, Environnement et Sciences Géographique, UMRI 68, Ecole Doctorale Polytechnique, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

Discovery of Banded iron formations mineralization in the Takeroumt area, ​​Bou Azzer-El Graara inlier, central Anti-Atlas Morocco

A. Wafik¹, Y. Ahchach¹, A. Benhammou², A. Zellag², H. Admou¹, H. Baoutoul², A. Bajddi², L. Maacha²

¹DLGR Laboratory, URAC 43, Departement of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Maroc, ²Managem Group, Twin Center, Casablanca, Morocco

 

Geology and githology of gold mineralization of the Far West Bleida deposit, Bou Azzer buddy, Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco, Typology

Amina Wafik¹, Koné Sidiki¹, Abdeilah Benhammou², Hassan Admou¹

¹Laboratoire Dynamique de la Lithosphère et Genèse des Ressources "DLGR", Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, 40000, Morocco, ²Somifer Bleida Mine, Managem Group, Twin Center Casablanca 20000, Morocco

 

Petrographic and geochemical signatures of the Paleoproterozoic Formations of the Massigui square degree sheet (southern Mali): Geodynamic implications

Ousmane Wane

Laboratoire de Minéralogie et de Pétrologie, Département d’Enseignement et de Recherche de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies, BP E 3206 Bamako, Mali

The 348-340 Ma Jebilet-Rehamna-Fourhal Large Igneous Province of the Meseta domain (Variscan Belt, Morocco): U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and links with coeval magmatism on other crustal blocks

Nasrrddine Youbi^1,2, El Mostafa Aarab ¹, Abdelhak Ait Lahna¹, Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari³, Richard Ernst^4,5, Ulf Söderlund ^6,7, Axel Gerdes⁸, Mohamed Ben Abbou⁹, Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi¹, Mohamed Khalil Bensalah¹ , Hassan Bamoumen¹, Ismail Hadimi¹

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Prince Moulay Abdellah Boulevard, PO Box 2390, Marrakech, Morocco, ²Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, ³Centro de Pesquisas Geocronológicas (CPGeo), Instituto de Geociências (IG), Universidade de São Paulo- USP, Caixa Postal 11348, CEP 05422-970, São Paulo (SP), Brazil, ⁴Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6, ⁵Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave, Tomsk 634050, Russia, ⁶Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden, ⁷The Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Institut für Geowissenschaften, Mineralogie, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Altenhoeferallee 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany, ⁹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Dhar Al Mahraz, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fès, Morocco

 

Precambrian Large Igneous Provinces of Morocco: The record preserved in regional dyke swarms

Nasrrddine Youbi^1,2, Richard E. Ernst^3,4, Ulf Söderlund^5,6, Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi¹, Mohamed Khalil Bensalah¹, Moha Ikenne⁷, Abdelhak Ait Lahna¹, Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari⁸ , Warda El Moume¹ , Abdelhafed Barzouk¹

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Prince Moulay Abdellah Boulevard, PO Box 2390, Marrakech, Morocco, ²Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, ³Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6 Canada, ⁴Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave, Tomsk 634050, Russia, ⁵Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden, ⁶The Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibnou Zohr University, PO Box 28/S, Agadir, Morocco, ⁸Centro de Pesquisas Geocronológicas (CPGeo), Instituto de Geociências (IG), Universidade de São Paulo- USP, Caixa Postal 11348, CEP 05422-970, São Paulo (SP), Brazil

 

The Moroccan Sahara, Western Reguibat Shield, West African Craton: a Dyke Swarm Bonanza !

Nasrrddine Youbi^1,2, Ulf Söderlund^3,4, Richard E. Ernst^5,6, Brian L. Cousens⁵, Andreas Gärtner⁷, Henry C. Halls⁸, Ech-Cherki Rjimati⁹, Moha Ikenne¹⁰, Hervé Bertrand¹¹, Ulf Linnemann⁷, Omar Guillou¹, Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi¹, Mohamed Khalil Bensalah^1,2, Aarab El Mostafa¹, Andrea Marzoli¹², Michel Villeneuve¹³, Mohamed Ben Abbou¹⁴, Amina Zemmouri⁸ , Ayoub Haibi¹, Warda El Moume¹

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Prince Moulay Abdellah Boulevard, PO Box 2390, Marrakesh, Morocco, ²Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, ³Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden, ⁴The Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6, ⁶Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia, ⁷Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie, Sektion Geochronologie, GeoPlasma Lab, Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany, ⁸Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga and Department of Geology, University of Toronto, Canada, ⁹Direction de la Géologie, Ministère de l'Energie, des Mines, de l'Eau et de l'Environnement, BP 6208, Rabat Institute, Haut Agdal, Rabat, Morocco, ¹⁰Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibnou Zohr University, PO Box 28/S, Agadir, Morocco, ¹¹Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, UMR CNRS 5276, ENS de Lyon et Université Lyon 1, 46, Allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon, France, ¹²Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, 35137-Padova, Italy, ¹³CEREGE, Aix-Marseille Université, Centre Saint-Charles, case 67, 3 place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille, France, ¹⁴Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Dhar Al Mahraz, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fès, Morocco

 

U-Pb zircon dating of the Ediacaran Central Iapetus Magmatic Province (CIMP) in the Meseta Domain (Morocco)

Nasrrddine Youbi^1,2, Abdelhak Ait Lahna¹, Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari³, Idris Ali Ahmadi Bensaid¹, Richard E. Ernst^4,5, Ulf Söderlund^6,7, Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi¹, Warda El Moume¹, João Mata³, Mohamed Khalil Bensalah^1,3, Mohamed Ben Abbou⁸, El Mostafa Aarab¹, Khalid Rkha Chaham¹, Hassan Ezzouhairi⁹, Abderrahmane Soulaimani¹

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Prince Moulay Abdellah Boulevard, P.O. Box 2390, Marrakesh, Morocco; ²Centro de Pesquisas Geocronológicas (CPGeo), Instituto de Geociências (IG), Universidade de São Paulo- USP, Caixa Postal 11348, CEP 05422-970, São Paulo (SP), Brazil; ³Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal ; ⁴Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6; ⁵Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia; ⁶Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden; ⁷The Swedish Museum of Natural History, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden; ⁸Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Dhar Al Mahraz, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fès, Morocco; ⁹Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences El Jadida, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco

 

The aspiring Dindefelo geopark (Kedougou, Eastern Senegal), a Precambrian geoheritage for local sustainable development

Cheikh Ibrahima Youm¹, Sow El Hadji¹, Ezzoura Errami²

¹Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar-Fann, Senegal; ²Equipe de Géodynamique, Géo-éducation et Patrimoine géologique, Faculté des Sciences, Université Chouaïb Doukkali, B.P. 20 24000, El Jadida, Morocco

Hydrodynamic modeling of a water table. Application to the alluvial water table of Oued Boukiou

Ahmed Zennaki, Kamila Baba Hamed, Abderezak Bouanani

 

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^{1Ministry of Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development}

 

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1^st IGCP638 meeting (Dakar, Dec. 5-10^th, 2016)

PROGRAMME

Notes aux conférenciers

Les conférenciers doivent respecter l’heure assignée (20-25 mn d’exposé et 10-15 mn de question-réponse) pour assurer le bon fonctionnement du programme

Les présentateurs(trices) doivent venir avec leur présentation sous format PowerPoint. Les équipements pour la projection seront fournis par le comité d’organisation ou le bureau d’enregistrement.

Les présentations seront faites de préférence en français. Toutefois les présentations en anglais sont aussi admises.

Notes aux Présidents de séances et aux présentateurs oraux

- Les présidents doivent être dans leurs salles respectives 10 minutes avant le début de leur session. Les présentateurs doivent rencontrer les Présidents de leur session 10 minutes avant le début de la session pour leur donner le fichier de présentation PowerPoint.

- 15 minutes (10-12 minutes de présentation et 3-5 minutes de questions-réponses) sont réservées pour chaque présentation. Les présentateurs doivent respecter l’heure assignée pour assurer le bon fonctionnement du programme.

- Le programme risque de subir des changements de dernière minute. Veuillez se référer au panneau d’affichage du programme de la conférence pour plus d’information mise à jour.

Notes aux présentateurs d’affiche

- Les présentateurs(trices) d’affiche doivent venir avec leurs affiches imprimées. Les équipements pour monter les affiches seront fournis éventuellement par le bureau d’enregistrement.

- Toutes les affiches seront exposées dans le hall de la conférence. Les participants ont l’occasion de voir et de discuter les affiches avec les présentateurs pendant les pauses-café.

Séances

Deux séances parallèles sont programmées pour le Mardi 06 Décembre dans des salles différentes:

Salle de conférence A: Géodynamique et Minéralisations / Geodynamics and Mineralizations

Salle de conférence B: Eau, Environnement, Bassins sédimentaires, Education et Géoparcs / Water, Environment, Sedimentary Basins, Education and Geoparks

Lundi 05 Décembre 2016 / Monday December 5^th, 2016

8h30-9h30: Accueil et inscription des participants / Welcome and registration

9h30-10h30: Cérémonie d’ouverture / Opening ceremony

10h30-11h00: Pause café / Coffee Break

Séances Plénières et Posters: 11h-18h

Lieu: salle de conférence UCAD II

 NB: Des tableaux d’affichage sont disponibles pour les posters qui pourront être affichés à partir du 5 Décembre dans le hall de la salle de conférence UCAD II.

 

Horaires	Thème et Conférencier	Modérateur
11h-11h35	Mining resources of Senegal / Dr. R. Samba, DPPM	Pr. S. Naba
11h35-12h10	Mines and sustainable development in West Africa / Dr. A. Sy, SGO	Pr. D.P. Diallo / Pr. M. Gueye
12h10-12h45	Nature and characterization of oil and gas formations of Senegal (West African margin) / Dr. J. Medou, Petrosen	Pr. T. Aïfa
	Déjeuner / Lunch
14h30-15h05	Nature and evolution of the Paleoproterozoic formations of the West African Craton / Dr. L. Baratoux, IRD	Dr. A. Kouamelan
15h05-15h40	Tectonics-mineralisation relationships in ancient cratons, a new structural framework / Pr. D. Gapais, Univ. Rennes 1	Pr. R. Malou
15h40-16h15	The Education of Earth sciences in West Africa / Pr. M. Fall, UCAD	Pr. P.G. Lô
	Pause café / Coffee Break
16h15-16h45	West African Craton and Mauritanides: a geotrail from Atlantic margin to Sahara / Pr. O. Saddiqi, Univ. Casablanca	Pr. P.M. Ngom / B. Diouf
16h45-17h20	Geoparks and geotourism / Dr. S. Siby, ANRA	Pr. P.M. Ngom
17h20-17h55	Groundwater: hydrogeologic characterization and pollution / Pr. S. Faye, UCAD	Dr. F. Ngom / Dr. M. Diène

DPPM: Direction de la Prospection et de la Promotion Minière

SGO: Sabodala Gold Operations

ANRA: Agence Nationale de la Recherche Appliquée

Mardi 06 Décembre 2016 / Tuesday December 6^th, 2016

Présentations orales et Posters

Les posters seront affichés sur les tableaux aménagés à cet effet dans le hall de la salle de conférence UCAD II.

Les communications orales seront programmées dans deux salles séparées.

Salle de conférence A: Géodynamique et Minéralisations / Geodynamics and Mineralizations

(1) Ressources minérales et développement durable

(2) Contraintes tectono-structurales, événements géologiques, inclusions fluides, métamorphisme, géochimie et géochronologie des terrains paléoprotérozoïques

Salle de conférence B: Eau, Environnement sédimentaire, Education et Géoparks / Water, Environment, Sedimentary Basins, Education and Geoparks

(1) Hydrogéologie et environnement pour une eau durable et potable

(2) Exploration géophysique et ressources minérales

(3) Education et politiques des sciences de la Terre

(4) Chronostratigraphie, sédimentologie et stratigraphie du Précambrien

(5) Géoparc, géotourisme et Géo-éthique pour la promotion du patrimoine de la Terre

(5) Autres thématiques géologiques

 

Tableau de programmation des communications orales dans les différentes salles

Horaires	Salle de Conférence A: Géodynamique et Minéralisations /              Geodynamics and Mineralizations Présidents / Conveners: Mamadou Gueye – Yacouba Coulibaly Rapporteurs / Co-Conveners: Alain Kouamelan – Séta Naba
9h	Abass Saley Abdoulatif, Moussa Konaté: Characterization of Birimian rocks deformation in the Sirba greenstone belt (Liptako Niger, West Africa).
9h15	Alain N. Kouamelan, Serge K. Kra, Chérubin S. Djro, Jean-Louis Paquette, Jean-Jacques Peucat: The Logoualé Band: a large Eburnean (2.05 Ga) crust in the Kenema-Man domain (Man-Leo Rise, West African Craton) recycled from Archean formations.
9h30	Baraou I.S., M. Konaté, Y. Ahmed: Characterization of the pan-African mobile belt basement deformation in Southern Maradi (South Niger), relationship with gold mineralization.
9h45	Bekker, A.: Resolving history of the early Paleoproterozoic time reveals patterns similar to those in the late Neoproterozoic.
10h	Coulibaly Y., M.C. Boiron, M. Cathelineau, K.E. Assié: Fluid inclusion characteristics of Aniuri and Jonction gold deposits (Aboisso, Southeastern Ivory Coast).
10h15	Djamal-Eddine Aissa, Mokhtar Bagui, Abdelhak Boutaleb: Controls on Gold Mineralization at In Ouzzal Mole, Western Hoggar, South Algeria.
10h30	Famara Diatta, Papa Moussa Ndiaye, Mahamadane Diène, Prince Ofori Amponsah, Jérôme Ganne: The Structural Evolution of the Dialé-Daléma Basin, Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, Eastern Sénégal.
10h45-11h15	Pause café / Coffee Break
11h15	Fossou Jean Luc Hervé Kouadio , Alain Nicaise Kouamelan , Sagbrou Chérubin Djro, Lenka Baratoux, Marc Ephrem Allialy, Yacouba Coulibaly: The orthogneisses of SASCA domain (Ivory Coast, West African Craton): some Birimian crustal segments with a strong archaic signature.
11h30	Gapais, D., Cagnard, F., Boulvais, P., Ledru, P, Poupeau, B.: Tectonics-mineralisation relationships in ancient cratons, a new structural framework.
11h45	Gbele Ouattara, Gnammytchet Barthélémy Koffi: Contribution of Remote Sensing Imagery to Geological Mapping, Mining Research and the Understanding of Geodynamics in the Paleoproterozoic of Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa).
12h	Hocine Benramdane, Abdelhak Boutaleb, Hanafi Benali, Omar Kolli: Metallogeny of Paleoproterozoic Yetti-Eglab Massif, South-Western Algeria.
12h15	Houssa Ouali, Muhammad Ouabid, Carlos J. Garrido, Jean-Marie Dautria: Petrographic and Geochemical characterization of the Goaïda Neoproterozoic granitoids (Morocco Central Massif- Western Meseta).
12h30	Jacques Kone, Lenka Baratoux, Papa Moussa Ndiaye, Olivier Vandherhaaeghe: Thermomechanical evolution of the Proterozoic Eburnean Crust and Implications on Gold-bearing Mineralizations in the Kédougou Kéniéba-Inlier.
12h45	Lenka Baratoux, Jessell, M.W., Block, S., Ganne, J., Perroury, S., Siebenaller, L., Béziat D., Davis, J., Fontaine, A., Moussa, P.M., Miller, J., Dioh, E., Metelka, V., WAXI team: Tectono-metamorphic Evolution of West Africa: Implications for Mineralization.
13h30-15h	Déjeuner / Lunch
15h	Mohamed Bhilisse, Abdelkhalek Alansari, Lhou Maacha, Aomar Ennaciri: The Co, Ni, Cr and S mineralizations during serpentinization process in the BouAzzer ore deposits (Anti-Atlas, Morocco).
15h15	Moussa Dabo, Tahar Aïfa, Arona Bâ , Anne Mvomo Klorane: Lithological Architecture and Petrography of the Mako Birimian Greenstones Belt, Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, Eastern Senegal.
15h30	Ndoye A.N.R., M.Gueye, P.M.Ngom, M.Diene: Structural study of gold-bearing shearzone system at the Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, SE Senegal: evidences of strainpartitioning during the Eburnean orogeny
15h45	Saddiqi Omar, Michard André, Zouhri Samir, Bea Fernando, Haissen Faouziya, Montero Pilar G., Mansour El Mehdi,Mouttaqi Abdallah, Rjimati Ech-Cherki: The West African Craton and the Mauritanides in Southern Morocco: A recommended geotrail straddling the Atlantic margin and the Sahara approaches.
16h	Rauda Addae, Patrick Sakyi, Daniel Asiedu, Samuel Dampare: Petrology of K-rich granitoids in the Bole-Nangodi belt of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian Supergroup of Ghana.
16h15	Séta Naba, Nestor Végas, Martin Lompo, Jean Luc Bouchez: The magnetic methods: a tool for understanding geodynamic evolution of Paleoproterozoic crust of west Africa.
16h30-17h	Pause café / Coffee Break
17h	Sharad Master, Richard Armstrong, Souleye Wade: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of basement rocks from the ring uplift of the Velingara Impact Structure, Haute Casamance, Senegal - a comparison with the Mauritanides from Bakel.
17h15	Zahra Mourabit, AbdelhalimTabit, Ahmed Algouti, AbdellahAlgouti, Fatiha Hadach, Maryam khal: Mechanical mixing of garnet pyroxenite layers and surrounding lherzolite: massif of Beni Bousera (Internal Rif, Morocco).
17h30	Zié Ouattara , Yacouba Coulibaly , Marie-Christine Boiron: Veins generations related to the gold deposition in the Bonikro deposit, Fettèkro greenstone belt, Côte d’Ivoire.

 

Horaires	Salle de Conférence B: Eau, Environnement sédimentaires, Education et Géoparcs / Water, Environment, Sedimentary Basins, Education and Geoparks Présidents / Conveners: Papa Malick Ngom – Bachir Diouf Rapporteurs / Co-Conveners: Tahar Aïfa – David Baratoux
9h	Akame Joseph Martial, Assembe Pactrick Stéphane, Zo’oZame: “The Sangmelima Greenstone Belt Reliticts” (South Cameroon): Integrating Landsat-7 ETM+/SRTM and Airborne Magnetic Data for structural Interpretation.
9h15	Birane Niane, Robert Moritz, Papa Malick Ngom, Stéphane Guédron, John Poté: Environmental impacts of recent artisanal small-scale gold mining along the Gambia river, Kedougou region, eastern Senegal.
9h30	David Baratoux, Mark Jessell, Makhoudia Fall, Jean-François Moyen, Olivier Vanderhaeghe, Papa Moussa Ndiaye, Anne-Sylvie Mayer: Interpreting U-Th distributions in the continental crust from radiometric data.
9h45	Farès Kessasra, Nor El Houda Chetibi, Soumia Seraoui, Mohamed Mesbah, Soumeya Khaled-Khodja: Geology, Hydrogeochemical Modeling and Prediction of Water Pollution in the lower alluvial Aquifer of the Soummam Valley, in north-east of Algeria.
10h	Fatiha Haddach, Ahmed Algouti, Abdellah Algouti, Zahra Mourabit: Contribution to the localization of favorable layers for traditional exploitation of pottery: example of theHigh Atlas of Marrakech, Morocco.
10h15	Miloud Benhamou, Tahar Aïfa: Fluvial event and associated intra-Carixian facies in the Liassic carbonate platform of the Grand Pic, Ouarsenis Massif, Algeria: duration, causes and effects.
10h30	Savadogo Alain Nindaoua, Youssouf Koussoubé: Concept and technical feasibility of achieving production center built on mega-fractures of the basement rocks for drinking water supply in rural areas of Burkina Faso.
10h45-11h15	Pause café / Coffee Break
11h15	Salah Mahmoud, Richard Wonnacott, H. Farah: Current Situation of AFREF and First Results from GNSS Networks in Africa.
11h30	Zouhair Ourhzif, Ahmed Algouti, Abdellah Algouti: GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping by AHP Method, a Case Study, High Atlas of Marrakech, Morocco.
11h45	Tables rondes / Panels
13h30-15h	Déjeuner / Lunch
15h-16h30	Presentation en 3-5 mn de 2-3 photos essentielles sous powerpoint pour les posters souhaités / Powerpoint presentation in 2-5 mn (2-3 main slides) for interesting desired posters
16h30-17h	Pause café / Coffee Break
17h	Tables rondes / Panels
18h	Tables rondes / Panels Discussions et projets (2nde réunion du PICG638) / Discussions and proposals (2nd meeting of IGCP638)

 

 

Auteurs & Titres des présentations orales et posters

Abdoulatif Abass Saley, Konaté Moussa: Characterization of Birimian rocks deformation in the Sirba greenstone belt (Liptako Niger, West Africa).

Addae Rauda, Sakyi Patrick, Asiedu Daniel, Dampare Samuel: Petrology of K-rich granitoids in the Bole-Nangodi belt of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian Supergroup of Ghana.

Aissa Djamal-Eddine, Bagui Mokhtar, Boutaleb Abdelhak: Controls on Gold Mineralization at In Ouzzal Mole, Western Hoggar, South Algeria.

Ait Mlouk Mohamed, Algouti Abdellah, Algouti Ahmed: The impact of the hydrological events on the area of Marrakech: case of the degradation of the banks of the Rdat’s, Zat’s and Tensift’s rivers and floods of the infrastructures on the Issil river.

Algouti Ahmed, Algouti Abdellah, Hadach Fatiha: The Senonian in the western High Atlas, Morocco: sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and geodynamic evolution.

Baraou I.S., Konaté M., Ahmed Y.: Characterization of the pan-African mobile belt basement deformation in Southern Maradi (South Niger), relationship with gold mineralization.

Baratoux David, Jessell Mark, Fall Makhoudia, Moyen Jean-François, Vanderhaeghe Olivier, Ndiaye Papa Moussa, Mayer Anne-Sylvie: Interpreting U-Th distributions in the continental crust from radiometric data.

Baratoux Lenka, Jessell, M.W., Block, S., Ganne, J., Perroury, S., Siebenaller, L., Béziat D., Davis, J., Fontaine, A., Moussa, P.M., Miller, J., Dioh, E., Metelka, V., WAXI team: Tectono-metamorphic Evolution of West Africa: Implications for Mineralization.

Bekker, A.: Resolving history of the early Paleoproterozoic time reveals patterns similar to those in the late Neoproterozoic.

Benhamou Miloud, Aïfa Tahar: Fluvial event and associated intra-Carixian facies in the Liassic carbonate platform of the Grand Pic, Ouarsenis Massif, Algeria: duration, causes and effects.

Benramdane Hocine, Boutaleb Abdelhak, Benali Hanafi, Kolli Omar: Metallogeny of Paleoproterozoic Yetti-Eglab Massif, South-Western Algeria.

Bhilisse Mohamed, Alansari Abdelkhalek, Maacha Lhou, Ennaciri Aomar: The Co, Ni, Cr and S mineralizations during serpentinization process in the Bou Azzer ore deposits (Anti-Atlas, Morocco).

Boulfelfel Nour-Eddine: About dark Magmatic Enclaves of Ait-Oklan and Teg-Orak granitic massifs, Hoggar, Algeria.

Coulibaly Y., Boiron M.C., Cathelinea M., Assié K.E.: Fluid inclusion characteristics of Aniuri and Jonction gold deposits (Aboisso, Southeastern Ivory Coast).

Dabo Moussa, Aïfa Tahar, Bâ Arona , Klorane Anne Mvomo: Lithological Architecture and Petrography of the Mako Birimian Greenstones Belt, Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, Eastern Senegal.

Dabo Moussa, Aïfa Tahar, Bâ Arona, Gning Ibrahima , Faye Malick: The mafic enclaves within the Eburnean granitoids of the Mako Paleoproterozoic Greenstone Belt, Eastern Senegal.

Diatta Famara, Ndiaye Papa Moussa, Diène Mahamadane, Amponsah Prince Ofori, Ganne Jérôme: The Structural Evolution of the Dialé-Daléma Basin, Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, Eastern Sénégal.

Diallo Mahamadou, Baratoux Lenka, Baratoux David, Ly Saidou, Vanderhaeghe Olivier, Dufréchou Grégory: Litho-Structural interpretation of magnetic anomalie in South-West Mali: Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier.

Diaw Mouhamet Moustapha: Hydrogeology of the base and sustainable development.

Diop Mamadou: Index of Lithium and associated substances mineralization in the kédougoukéniébaInlier,east Saraya area.

Fall Makhoudia, Baratoux David, Ndiaye Papa Moussa, Jessell Mark W.: Multi-scale analysis of Potassium, Thorium and Uranium concentrations in Paleoproterozoic granites from eastern Senegal.

Fossou Jean Luc Hervé Kouadio, Kouamelan Alain Nicaise, Djro Sagbrou Chérubin, Baratoux Lenka, Allialy Marc Ephrem, Coulibaly Yacouba: The orthogneisses of SASCA domain (Ivory Coast, West African Craton): some Birimian crustal segments with a strong archaic signature.

Gapais D., Cagnard F., Boulvais P., Ledru P, Poupeau B.: Tectonics-mineralisation relationships in ancient cratons, a new structural framework.

Haddach Fatiha, Algouti Ahmed, Algouti Abdellah, Khal Maryam, Mourabit Zahra: Example of paleo-Sebkha littoral Senonian deposits in the AitOurir Basins area, High Atlas of Marrakech, Morocco.

Haddach Fatiha, Algouti Ahmed, Algouti Abdellah, Mourabit Zahra: Contribution to the localization of favorable layers for traditional exploitation of pottery: example of the High Atlas of Marrakech, Morocco.

Kessasra Farès, Chetibi Nor El Houda, Seraoui Soumia, Mesbah Mohamed, Khaled-Khodja Soumeya: Geology, Hydrogeochemical Modeling and Prediction of Water Pollution in the lower alluvial Aquifer of the Soummam Valley, in north-east of Algeria.

Klorane Mvomo Anne, Dabo Moussa, Aïfa Tahar, Faye Malick: The Eburnean granitoids of the Mako Birimian Greenstone Belt, Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, Eastern Senegal.

Kolli Omar: The Barite, Chalcocite and Galena Mineralization of the Ougarta Chain (South-Western Algeria).

Kone Jacques, Baratoux Lenka, Ndiaye Papa Moussa, Vandherhaaeghe Olivier: Thermomechanical evolution of the Proterozoic Eburnean Crust and Implications on Gold-bearing Mineralizations in the Kédougou Kéniéba Inlier.

Kouamelan Alain N., Kra Serge K., Djro Chérubin S., Paquette Jean-Louis, Peucat Jean-Jacques: The Logoualé Band: a large Eburnean (2.05 Ga) crust in the Kenema-Man domain (Man-Leo Rise, West African Craton) recycled from Archean formations.

Lagraa Karima, Salvi Stefano, Beziat Didier, Kolli Omar, Debat Pierre, Benramdane Hocine: Porphyry Type Mo-Cu Mineralization at the Bled M’Dena (Eglab Massif, Algeria): A Unique Occurrence in the West African Craton.

Martial Akame Joseph, Assembe Pactrick Stéphane, Zo’oZame: “The Sangmelima Greenstone Belt Reliticts” (South Cameroon): Integrating Landsat-7 ETM+/SRTM and Airborne Magnetic Data for structural Interpretation.

Martial Akame Joseph, Ondoa Joseph Mvondo, Olinga Jean-Bosco: Tectonic framework of the Archeaen Ma’an-Nyabessan granite-greenstone belt (NW Congo Craton, Southern Cameroon).

Mahmoud Salah, Wonnacott Richard, Farah H.: Current Situation of AFREF and First Results from GNSS Networks in Africa.

Master Sharad, Armstrong Richard, Wade Souleye: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of basement rocks from the ring uplift of the Velingara Impact Structure, Haute Casamance, Senegal - a comparison with the Mauritanides from Bakel.

Michard André, Soulaimani Abderrahmane, Ouanaimi Hassan, Raddi Youssef, Aït Brahim Lahcen, Rjimati Ech-Cherki, Baidder Lahssen, Saddiqi Omar: The WAC-CADOMIA-LATEA Collision as recorded by the Saghro Group (Morocco) and Série Verte (Algeria).

Misra K.S., Misra Anshuman: Evolutionary Tectonics of Combined Gondwana-Proterozoic Basins of Peninsular, India.

Misra K.S., Misra Anshuman: Fumarolic Activity and Formation of Bedded Barite and Naturally Occurring Fullerene in Proterozoic Cuddapah Basin of Peninsular India.

Mourabit Zahra, Tabit Abdelhalim, Algouti Ahmed, Algouti Abdellah, Hadach Fatiha, Khal Maryam: Mechanical mixing of garnet pyroxenite layers and surrounding lherzolite: massif of Beni Bousera (Internal Rif, Morocco).

Mourabit Zahra, Tabit Abdelhalim, Algouti Ahmed, Algouti Abdellah, Hadach Fatiha: The comprehensive of mantle heterogeneity, composition and dynamics based on the mineralogy, geochemistry and geochronology characteristics: case study orogenic peridotites of Beni Bousera (Internal Rif, Morocco).

Naba Séta, Végas Nestor, Lompo Martin, Bouchez Jean Luc: The magnetic methods: a tool for understanding geodynamic evolution of Paleoproterozoic crust of west Africa.

Nazaire Nzaou Mabika, Essaifi Abderrahim, Wafik Amina, Boushaba Abdellah, Saquaque Ali, Garhabi Mohamed: Geological and structural context of the Bakoudou gold deposit (Gabon).

Ndoye A.N.R., Gueye M., Ngom P.M., Diène M.: Structural study of gold-bearing shearzone system at the Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, SE Senegal: evidences of strain partitioning during the Eburnean orogeny.

Ndiaye Mame Codou: Reduced Gold Skarn Deposits: Formation, General Characteristics, Paragenesis and Implications for Potential Reduced Skarn mineralization in the Loulo District

Ndiaye Mame Codou: Geological modeling of Paleoproterozoic Formations of Yalea and Gara underground gold deposits (Mali).

Ndiaye Mame Codou: Focus sustainable development in Senegal extractive industries: Toward a Green Economy.

Ngom Robert, Diagne Aloïse Ngor Mak: Geodynamics and mineralizations of Birimian terrains (West African Craton) for a sustainable development.

Niane Birane, Moritz Robert, Ngom Papa Malick, Guédron Stéphane, Poté John: Environmental impacts of recent artisanal small-scale gold mining along the Gambia river, Kedougou region, eastern Senegal.

Niang C.A.B., Baratoux D., Diallo D.P., Vanderhaeghe O., Bouley S., Moyen J.F., Reimold W.U., Jessel M.W.: Use of gamma ray spectrometry in the study of impact structures on the West African craton.

Ouali Houssa, Ouabid Muhammad, Garrido Carlos J._, Dautria Jean-Marie: Petrographic and Geochemical characterization of the Goaïda Neoproterozoic granitoids (Morocco Central Massif- Western Meseta).

Ouattara Gbele, Koffi Gnammytchet Barthélémy: Contribution of Remote Sensing Imagery to Geological Mapping, Mining Research and the Understanding of Geodynamics in the Paleoproterozoic of Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa).

Ouattara Zié, Coulibaly Yacouba, Boiron Marie-Christine: Veins generations related to the gold deposition in the Bonikro deposit, Fettèkro greenstone belt, Côte d’Ivoire.

Ouiya Pascal, Naba Séta, Siebenaller Luc, Béziat Didier, Salvi Stephano: The Nassara gold prospect, Gaoua District, southwestern Burkina Faso.

Ourhzif Zouhair, Algouti Ahmed, Algouti Abdellah: GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping by AHP Method, a Case Study, High Atlas of Marrakech, Morocco.

Saddiqi Omar, Michard André, Zouhri Samir, Bea Fernando, Haissen Faouziya, Montero Pilar G., Mansour El Mehdi,Mouttaqi Abdallah, Rjimati Ech-Cherki: The West African Craton and the Mauritanides in Southern Morocco: A recommended geotrail straddling the Atlantic margin and the Sahara approaches.

Samoura Emmanuel Tama, Dabo Moussa, Guisse Mody, Aïfa Tahar: Regolitic, geochemical and structural mapping associated with mineralization investigation west of Dembala hill prospect within Dembala Berola zone, Dialé-Daléma Supergroup, Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, Senegal.

Savadogo Alain Nindaoua, Koussoubé Youssouf: Concept and technical feasibility of achieving production center built on mega-fractures of the basement rocks for drinking water supply in rural areas of Burkina Faso.

Sawadogo Sâga, Ilboudo Hermann, Naba Séta, Nakolendoussé Samuel, Lompo Martin: Implications of granitic plutons for gold mineralization: the case of the Belahourou granite, Northern Burkina Faso (West Africa).

Sebgo Augustin, Bamba Ousmane, Wenmenga Urbain: Evidences of new potential gold deposit type in Burkina Paleoproterozoic granitoids: the granitic of Koupèla massif.

Traoré Abraham Seydoux, Ilboudo Hermann, Naba Séta, Sawadogo Sâga, Koumangdiwè Ada, Lompo Martin: Context and period of emplacement of Deou granite (north of Burkina Faso).

Yameogo Adama Ouédraogo, Naba Séta, Traore Abraham Seydoux: Space-time relationships between the emplacement of the plutons of Dori and Gorom-Gorom, transcurrent shearing and gold mineralization.

Plenaries	Conference titles	Speakers
1	Mineral resources in Algeria: state of play and perspectives	Dr. A. Zerrouki1
2	Mineral exploration  in Algeria: current state and perspectives	Pr. D.E. Aïssa2
3	Iron mines in Algeria	Dr. M.I. Mouzaïa3
4	Two contrasting sources for base-metal mineralization in northeast Algeria: Evidence from fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies	Pr. R. Laouar4
5	Are there any correlations between West African Craton and Rio de la Plata Craton?	Pr. T. Aïfa5
6	First evidence of late Permian alkaline magmatism at the edge of the Sahara Platform (north of the West African Craton) : geochronological/geochemical data and geodynamic significance	Pr. M.C. Chabou6
7	Metallogenic implications of a new geodynamic model for the Eglab, Algeria	Dr. C. Taylor7
8	REE-rich minerals in Paleoproterozoic carbonatites from Ihouhaouene, Hoggar	Pr. K. Ouzegane2
9	Geological heritage: Legal aspects and methodological approach	Dr. A. Zerrouki1