Publication Date: 2023/05/16
Abstract: This study addresses the aspect of the analysis and interpretation of satellite images for the study of geomorphology and land cover for the planning of an oil/mining exploration mission in the eastern part of the West-Congo basin. This allowed us to observe that, with the exception of the valleys located near the watercourses, the entire area is characterized by a rapid alternation of hills and valleys on the geomorphological level, a phenomenon which could make a ground exploration more or less difficult in this region. The superposition of the results on the geological map of our study area allowed us to see that the vegetation covered the entire eastern part, the domain of the supergroups of the ‘schisto-gréseux’ and the Cuvette Centrale, unlike the domain of the formations of the schisto-calcaire which, meanwhile, is occupied by bare ground. In this zone, the lithological contacts and/or the faults as well as the majority of the watercourses are oriented in the NW-SE direction. It would therefore be appropriate for the profiles that will be drawn for geophysical and/or geochemical measurements to be oriented in the NE-SW direction in order to perpendicularly intersect the main geological structures encountered in this region.
Keywords: West-Congo Basin, Landsat 8, SRTM, Digital Elevation Model, Oil And Mining Exploration, D.R. Congo.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8281258
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT23APR1319.pdf
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