[ Caractéristiques géologiques des formations de la vallée de Lombe du Territoire de Tshela (Province du Kongo Central, RD Congo) ]
Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2025, Pages 407–414
Nebys Mupepe Ngayipa1, Patrick Mukonkole Mukonkole2, Henock Tshombe Mbaya3, and Wally Kimbangi Nkanu4
1 Centre de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (CRGM), B.P.: 898, Kinshasa I, RD Congo
2 Centre de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (CRGM), B.P.: 898, Kinshasa I, RD Congo
3 Centre de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (CRGM), B.P.: 898, Kinshasa I, RD Congo
4 Centre de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (C.R.G.M), 44, Av. de la Démocratie, Kinshasa, Gombe, B.P.: 898 Kinshasa 1, RD Congo
Original language: French
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Studies at the macroscopic and microscopic scale of the rocks collected during the geological survey reveal that the Lombe valley is made up of green schists from which the following lithofacies have been deduced: Chloritoschist, biotitoschist, epidotite and sericitoschist. The geological and mineralogical characteristics reveal that the metamorphites of the said valley reached the biotite stage before being affected by an epizonal retromorphosis.
Author Keywords: greenschist, chlorite, epidotite, epizonal, metamorphism.
Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2025, Pages 407–414
Nebys Mupepe Ngayipa1, Patrick Mukonkole Mukonkole2, Henock Tshombe Mbaya3, and Wally Kimbangi Nkanu4
1 Centre de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (CRGM), B.P.: 898, Kinshasa I, RD Congo
2 Centre de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (CRGM), B.P.: 898, Kinshasa I, RD Congo
3 Centre de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (CRGM), B.P.: 898, Kinshasa I, RD Congo
4 Centre de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (C.R.G.M), 44, Av. de la Démocratie, Kinshasa, Gombe, B.P.: 898 Kinshasa 1, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Studies at the macroscopic and microscopic scale of the rocks collected during the geological survey reveal that the Lombe valley is made up of green schists from which the following lithofacies have been deduced: Chloritoschist, biotitoschist, epidotite and sericitoschist. The geological and mineralogical characteristics reveal that the metamorphites of the said valley reached the biotite stage before being affected by an epizonal retromorphosis.
Author Keywords: greenschist, chlorite, epidotite, epizonal, metamorphism.
Abstract: (french)
Les études à l’échelle macroscopique et microscopique des roches récoltées lors du levée géologique nous dévoile que la vallée de Lombe est constituée des schistes verts dont les lithofaciès ci-après ont été déduites: le Chloritoschiste, le biotitoschiste, l’épidotite et le séricitoschiste. Les caractéristiques géologiques et minéralogiques révèlent que les métamorphites de ladite vallée ont atteint le stade de la biotite avant d’être affectées par une rétromorphose épizonale.
Author Keywords: schiste vert, chlorite, épidotite, épizonal, métamorphisme.
How to Cite this Article
Nebys Mupepe Ngayipa, Patrick Mukonkole Mukonkole, Henock Tshombe Mbaya, and Wally Kimbangi Nkanu, “Geological characteristics of the formations of the Lombe valley of the Tshela Territory (Kongo Central Province, DR Congo),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 407–414, April 2025.
