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• TITLE: Implications on Gravity Anomaly Measurements Associated with Different Lithologies in Turkana South Subcounty

  AUTHORS: Daniel Mogaka Nyaberi

  KEYWORDS: Regional Gravity Anomalies, Power Spectrum Analysis, Density Contrasts, Lithologies

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, Vol.11 No.1, January 30, 2023

  ABSTRACT: The use of gravity data has demonstrated capability for monitoring lithological changes on a large scale as a consequence of differentiating basement and sedimentary of buried valleys. Gravity anomalies are associated with lateral contrasts in density and therefore deformation by faulting or folding will be manifested if accompanied by lateral density changes, otherwise, the vice versa is true. The study’s objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of gravity method in establishing different lithologies in an area. The study has revealed that regional anomaly gravity map presents high anomalies in the Northern region in the NW-SE trend and low anomalies in the southern trend in NW-SE, while the residual anomaly gravity map shows different trends for the low and high gravity anomalies. The gravity anomalies are well interpreted in line with the lithologies of the study area rather than the deformation of the same lithologies. There are observed high values of gravity anomaly values (ranging from -880.2 to -501.2 g.u.) where there are eolian unconsolidated rocks overlying the basement compared to low gravity anomaly values (ranging from -1338.9 to -1088.7 g.u.) where the andesites, trachytes and phonolites overly the basement. The different regional gravity anomalies relate well with different rock densities in the study area along the line profile for radially averaged power spectrum. The gravity highs are noted in the eastern point and are associated with andesites, trachytes, basalts and igneous rocks, while the gravity lows are associated with sandstone, greywacke, arkose, and eolian unconsolidated rock. The utilization of the information from the Power spectrum analysis demonstrates that the depth to the deepest basement rock is 12.8 km which is in the eastern flank, while the shallowest to the basement of 1.1 km to the western flank.