TITLE:
Study of the in-Depth Extension of Geophysical Lineaments Deduced from Magnetic Data in an Oil Block: Case of Block 10B in the Central Basin (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
AUTHORS:
Ngambua Ngambua Rene, Shakeel Hussain, Nida Jabeen, Foutou Matsoulou Ray, Ashfaq Niaz
KEYWORDS:
Lineaments, Geophysics, Central Basin, Geodynamic, Magnetic Data
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.9 No.7,
July
20,
2022
ABSTRACT: This paper aims to study the magnetic data collected in block 10B of the central basin in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This block includes lineaments mainly of internal geodynamic origin. This is work that further deepens knowledge of the lineaments of the central basin, although analyzes and maps for oil research purposes remain complex (location, detection techniques, and enhancements). The lineaments play great importance in mining prospecting than in oil prospecting. Because often the lineaments are studied to know their relationship with the mineralization. This is why more or less objective interpretations by focusing on residual anomalies have been made in this paper. Indeed, the determination of the lineaments in blocks 10B is done to better understand the geological structures playing a petroleum interest. Thus, the interpretations of the various maps produced have revealed the prolongations of the lineaments in-depth, very useful for tracing the history of the migration of hydrocarbons and probable structures that could trap them. The particularity of this work is that it not only emerges from the groups of lineament and their extension in this area but also it is written among the rare works of interpretation of magnetic data in this region.