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| العنوان: |
The Eastern Congo—a beauty spot, rediscovered from a geological point of view. |
| المؤلفون: |
Bauer, F. U., Glasmacher, U. A., Malikwisha, M., Mambo, V. S., Mutete, B. V. |
| المصدر: |
Geology Today; Mar/Apr2010, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p55-64, 10p, 15 Color Photographs, 1 Graph, 1 Map |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
NEOCENE stratigraphic geology, GEOLOGICAL research, RIFTS (Geology) |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
LAKE Albert (Congo & Uganda), RUWENZORI Mountains (Congo & Uganda), CONGO (Democratic Republic), UGANDA |
| مستخلص: |
In East Africa, the feedback between tectonic uplift, erosional denudation and associated possible climate changes is being studied by a multidisciplinary research group, ‘Riftlink’. The group's focus is the Albertine Rift, the northern part of the western branch of the East African Rift System, and in particular the rising Rwenzori Mountains that stretch along the border of the D.R. Congo and Uganda. Major questions relate to the timing of the formation of the Rwenzori Mountains, and whether the height of these mountains (> 5000 m) relates to rift movements in Neogene times, or represents an old basement block that formed a topographic high long before. Though, at first, research concentrated on the eastern (Ugandan) part of the Albertine Rift and Rwenzori Mountains, it has now moved further to the west to the D.R. Congo. A first field-campaign, covering the area from northern Lake Edward along the rift shoulder up to the Blue Mountains at Lake Albert, was conducted in summer 2009, in cooperation with the Ruwenzori State University of Butembo. Here, we present a brief overview of the field-campaign, with impressions gathered on the morphology and geology of the study area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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