Publications (215)
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Diagnosis of a Small Dam Using Electric and Electromagnetic Methods —Case of Gonsé Dam (Central Region, Burkina Faso)
Maxime Wubda, Youssouf Koussoubé, Julien Nikiema, Soumaila Paré
Burkina Faso is a Sahelian country in West Africa that is faced with water re-
source mobilization problems. To develop vital sectors of its economy such as
agriculture and livestock breeding, the country has elected to mobilize surface
water through the construction of small earthen dams. With a stock of almost
a thousand dams, the cou(...)
Burkina Faso, Gonsé Dam, Geophysics, Electromagnetism, Electrical Resistivity
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Resource security and sovereign control : repositioning national geological agencies as strategic enablers of African mining
Hermann ILBOUDO
BUMIGEB, a strategic state-owned company, plays an essential role in the development of the mining sector as an NGS. Given the current context marked by a quest for sovereignty and endogenous development, it occupies a highly strategic position in the country's mining and energy sector. As pioneering structure in the mining sector, its work ha(...)
BUMIGEB, National Geological Survey, Sovereign
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Apport des technologies géospatiales et de l’analyse multicritère par la méthode AHP pour la cartographie des aires d’alimentation des nappes aquifères dans la vallée supérieure de la Volta. Cas du bassin du Grand-Balé (Hèrèdougou)
Ki Issan, Yabré Sadraki, Wubda Maxime, Guira Moussa, Ouédraogo Issoufou, Fotié Lélé Rodrigue, Paré Soumaïla, Soré Lassany, Koussoubé Youssouf
Les activités humaines non respectueuses de l’environnement nuisent à la recharge des nappes (dégradation des terres, déforestation, urbanisation, exfiltration d'eau souterraine)
dans un contexte de changement climatique et de démographie croissante. C’est pourquoi, nous proposons une approche innovante qui permet d’identifier les potentiels(...)
AHP, ALOS PALSAR, Monte Carlo, analyse multicritère, potentiel de recharge
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Surface Water–Groundwater Interactions in a Sahelian Catchment: Exploring Hydrochemistry and Isotopes and Implications for Water Quality Management
Ouedraogo, I.; Vanclooster, M.; Huneau, F.; Vystavna, Y.; Kebede, S.; Koussoubé, Y.
The Sahel Transboundary Taoudéni Basin, covering about 20% of Burkina Faso, hosts vital
aquifers critical for water security and development. Effective groundwater monitoring is
essential for sustainable resource management. In the Kou sub-basin, groundwater quality
assessment is increasingly important. This study integrates hydrochemistry,(...)
urface water-groundwater; hydrochemistry; stable isotopes; Sahel region; Kou basin; Burkina Faso
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Les Potentialités Minières et Energétiques au Burkina Faso et Opportunité d'investissement
Hermann ILBOUDO
Le Burkina Faso est un véritable pôle minier en Afrique de l’Ouest ;
En témoigne les chiffres sur l’exploitation, l’extension des mines en exploitation, les projets d’exploration en cours, la vision stratégique claire pour la diversification soutenue par les travaux de recherche en cours, des zones peu explorées, l’abondance des indices et g(...)
Potentialié, minière, Energetiqe
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Mapping the Hydraulic Potential of Fissured Aquifers in the Poni Watershed in South-West Burkina Faso
Hebie Adama, Kafando Sayoba, Nakolendousse Samuel
he Poni watershed, located in southwest Burkina Faso, is characterized by crystalline basement geological formations. The hydrogeology of the watershed is characterized by two types of aquifers: alterite aquifers and fissured aquifers. Fissured aquifers are still the most widely used for drinking water supply. The general objective of the pres(...)
Hydrogeological Potential, Fissured Aquifers, Fracturing Density, Drainage Density, Weathering Thickness, Poni Watershed
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Structural Evolution of the Boni Shear Zone (BoSZ): Implications for Gold Mineral Exploration in Southwestern Burkina Faso
Tarnagda Fayçal Aziz , Sawadogo Sâga, Sawadogo Benjamin, Ouiya Pascal, Ouédraogo Abdoul Razack, Perrouty Stéphane
The Boni Shear Zone (BoSZ) has garnered significant interest from the geological exploration community following the Siou gold deposit discovery in the Mana gold district, southwestern Burkina Faso. The BoSZ represents a sheared contact separating the “Tarkwaian-type” metasedimentary sequences and the “Birimian-type” metavolcanic and metavolca(...)
Boni shear zone - Yaramoko shear zone - Bagassi gold district - Birimian - Tarkwaian
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Hydrothermal Alteration in Diénéméra-Gongondy Paleoproterozoic Porphyry Copper Deposit, Burkina Faso, West African Craton
Aristide Belemsobgo, Wendkouni Passecdé Pauline Zongo, Bepowo Hien, Urbain Wenmenga, Séta Naba
Diénéméra-Gongondy copper-gold deposit is one of the rare Paleoproterozoic porphyry copper deposit of West African Craton. Like most of the Precambrian porphyry copper deposits, the mineralization of Diénéméra-Gongondy copper-gold deposit still remains controversial. In this study, we used thirteen drill cores of “Projet Minier Gaoua” to chara(...)
West African Craton, Birimian, Porphyry Copper, Hydrothermal Alteration
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Déterminants des systèmes de culture de sorgho et de niébé dans la région du Centre Ouest du Burkina Faso
Malamine Ouattara, Siébou Palé, Mahoumoudou Koumbem, Hamidou Traoré, Edmond Hien, Grégoire Palé, Vara P. V. Prasad et Jan B. Middendorf,
L’étude des déterminants des systèmes de culture du sorgho et du niébé a été conduite dans la région du Centre Ouestpour une meilleure appropriation des systèmes de culture. Les résultats de l’étude ont montréque 98,3% des enquêtés font l’agriculture comme activité principale; la majorité des enquêtés utilise plus lessemences(...)
systèmes de culture, sorgho,niébé, association, déterminants
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Pharmacological Modulation of Steroid Activity in Hormone-Dependent Breast and Prostate Cancers: Effect of Some Plant Extract Derivatives
Bagora Bayala, Abdou Azaque Zoure, Silvère Baron, Cyrille de Joussineau, Jacques Simpore, Jean-Marc A Lobaccaro
: The great majority of breast and prostate tumors are hormone-dependent cancers; hence, estrogens and androgens can, respectively, drive their developments, making it possible to use pharmacological therapies in their hormone-dependent phases by targeting the levels of steroid or modulating their physiological activity through their respectiv(...)
hormone-dependent tumors ; nuclear receptors ; plant extract derivatives ; prostate and breast cancers ; steroids
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A case report of Villar's nodule in a woman without surgical history
Nabonswindé Lamoussa Marie Ouédraogo, Safy Ilboudo, Abdoul Karim Ouattara, Aimé Sosthène Ouedraogo, Maurice Zida, Nayi Zongo, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Edgard Ouangre, Jacques Simpore, Si Simon Traore
Introduction: Villar's nodule is an umbilical endometriosis without anterior or ongoing pelvic endometriosis. The primitive location of this nodule at the umbilical level is rare. Its etiopathogenesis remains unclear.
Presentation of case: We report a case of umbilical endometriosis with unusual clinical expression in a woman in the reprodu(...)
Burkina Faso ; Endométriose ; Ombilic primitive ; Nodule de Villar
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Contribution of Sub-Saharan African medicinal plants to cancer research: Scientific basis 2013-2023
Marc D W Adico, Bagora Bayala, Julio Bunay , Silvère Baron , Jacques Simpore , Jean-Marc A Lobaccaro
Cancer incidence and mortality rates are increasing worldwide. Cancer treatment remains a real challenge for African countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where funding and resources are very limited. High costs, side effects and drug resistance associated with cancer treatment have encouraged scientists to invest in research into new he(...)
Cytotoxicity, Medicinal plants, Molecular mechanisms, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Petrostructural and Microstructural Characterization of Granitoids from the Ziniare Region (Central Burkina Faso, West Africa)
Saga Sawadogo1*, Abraham Seydoux Traore1, Oussény Sourgou2
The Ziniare region is mainly made up of volcano-sedimentary and granitoid formations: the highly altered volcano-sedimentary formations are shales corresponding to the relics of the Birimian furrows, whose general orientation varies from north-south (N-S) to north-east-south-west (NE-SW). This structure is the result of regional shortening f(...)
Deformation, Structure, Granitoid, Shear, Phase
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Relationships between African landforms, regolith materials, and Cenozoic climate change: Implications for sedimentary source-to-sink systems
Dominique CHARDON, Benjamin SAWADOGO, Ousmane BAMBA
This review of landform-regolith associations at a reference locality in Burkina Faso decodes the 50-million-year
long paleoclimatic imprint on the African landscape. Stepwise morpho-pedogenesis formed a sequence of
landform-regolith associations, offering insights into surface evolution processes at successive landscape stages(...)
Laterite, Critical zone, Erosion, Weathering, Sediment routing system, Etchplain, Pediment, Geodiversity, Burkina Faso
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Geological and Geochemical Prospecting for Gold Mineralisation in Gnimi-Yaboghan, Southwestern Burkina Faso, Western Africa
Ibrahim Ouedraogo1 ; Olisa Olusegun.G.2 ; Saga Sawadogo3
Gold mineralization in Gnimi-Yaboghan, southwestern Burkina Faso, was investigated to enhance understanding of its geological context and exploration potential. Geological mapping at a 1:50,000 scale revealed amphibolite, schist, granitoid, and quartz veins. Mineralogical and geochemical analyses (XRF, ICP-MS) and fire assay techniques identif(...)
Geochemical Prospecting, Gold Mineralisation, Hydrothermal Fluid, Structures, Burkina-Faso