Projets

IGCP- 482-489

PICG 482-489 Evolution dynamique, ressources et impact environnemental du rift est-africain

This project aims at enhancing scientific knowledge on the East African rift system (EARS) in terms of deep structure, geodynamic evolution, tectonics, resource potential and hazard impact. It investigates the time dimension in terms of various stages of rift development, with emphasis on the relations between crust, mantle lithosphere and asthenosphere dynamics. By studying the recent southwestern branch of the rift from Katanga (DRC) and Zambia to the Okavango in Botswana, it provides the first picture of a rift system during the embryonic stages of rifting, a missing snapshot in the evolution of young continental rift zones. In terms of applied science and technology, it improves research standards, methods and techniques through sharing facilities and creates a data base system in an interactive setting for rapid and effective communication on EARS. As benefits to Society, it assess and evaluate EARS resource potential (coal and gold deposits, geothermal energy, groundwater, agricultural and construction material) which are necessary for development and understand, predict or at least mitigate hazards and evaluate their impact on the environment.

Publications associées

Fault kinematics and tectonic stress in the seismically active Manyara-Dodoma Rift segment in Central Tanzania - Implications for the East African Rift

Investigateur principal:

Damien Delvaux de Fenffe

Dates:

2003 2007

Collaborateurs:

Damien Delvaux de Fenffe

Partenaires externes:

E.A. Atekwana, M.P. Modisi, G. Mulugeta, M.N. Sebagenzi, J-J. Tiercelin, D. Delvaux, E. Mbede

Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
University of Missouri-Rolla, USA
University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
University of Uppsala, Sweden
University of Lubumbashi, D. R. Congo
Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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