International Journal of Geosciences

Volume 8, Issue 12 (December 2017)

ISSN Print: 2156-8359   ISSN Online: 2156-8367

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Magnetotelluric Investigation of the Geo-Tectonic Stability of Campo-Ma’an Area in South Cameroon

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DOI: 10.4236/ijg.2017.812084    550 Downloads   910 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

The magnetotelluric prospection method has been widely used in Cameroon not only as a reconnaissance method for geophysical investigations but also to determine the nature of the subsurface and the structural settings of the various geological formations in the country that resulted from the global geo-tectonic movements. The present study is aimed at employing the magnetotelluric method to provide evidence on major tectonic dislocations which might have led to the presence of plutonic intrusions in the cratonic structure of the Ntem Complex as well as determining the nature of the contact between the sedimentary Campo Basin and the metamorphic cratonic Ntem Complex. The analyses and interpretations of iso-resistivity maps and geoelectric sections from magnetotelluric data has enabled us to show that tectonic forces at contact between the sedimentary Campo Basin and the metamorphic Ntem Complex were of three different categories: gravity gliding, magmatic upwelling and lateral compressions. The results of the action of these forces were the development of vertical and sub-vertical faulting systems at Craton-Sedimentary Basin contact and subsidence of overburden that appears to have also paved the way for the setting-up of the Ntem River bed and its flood plains. This river bed and its flood plains have been characterized as having a sedimentary deposit depth of 500 m and width of 20 km. Meanwhile, the deep-seated contact faulting systems within the two identified formations have varied fault magnitudes with a maximum of 60 km. The relatively high apparently resistivity values (up to1.0 kΩm) for the sedimentary and the very high values for the metamorphic formations (up to and above 10.0 kΩm) suggest that the whole area is at present relatively geo-tectonically stable.

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 , N. , Clotilde, O. , Malquaire, K. , Dieudonné, B. and Jöel, P. (2017) Magnetotelluric Investigation of the Geo-Tectonic Stability of Campo-Ma’an Area in South Cameroon. International Journal of Geosciences, 8, 1427-1441. doi: 10.4236/ijg.2017.812084.

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