Publications (218)
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A Regional Structural Mapping Approach for Mineral Exploration: Application in the Southwestern Region of Burkina Faso
Kalidou Traoré, Benjamin Sawadogo, Koffi Vincent de Paul Vodounnou, Wilédio Marc-Emile Bonzi, Georges Alassane Ouattara, Morou François Ouédraogo, Séta Naba
From a harmonized structural map at the scale of a portion of SW Burkina Faso (90 × 80 km2), we targeted prospective zones on the basis of structural criteria and structure-geology relationships. The map was constructed from an aeromagnetic image, and the geology was deduced from old geological maps. The procedure involved extracting the magne(...)
Magnetic Fabric, Shear Zones, Targeting, Gold Mining Exploration, sWAC, Burkina Faso
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CONTRIBUTION OF SATELLITE IMAGERY TO THE MAPPING OF POTENTIALLY WATER-BEARING FRACTURE NETWORKS IN THE COMMUNE OF TANGHIN DASSOURI (CENTRAL BURKINA FASO)
Hassami Ouédraogo, Césard Millogo, Sayoba Kafando and Samuel Nakolendoussé
The groundwater resources of crystalline bedrock regions are primarily located within lithostructural discontinuities. While traditional methods of photo-interpretation of satellite imagery are widely employed, they are often constrained by factors such as cloud cover, dense vegetation, and the subjectivity of the interpreter. To mitigate thes(...)
Groundwater resources, lineaments, fracture network, aquifer, Tanghin Dassouri
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Chapter 15 - Fermentation of wild fruit,
K. Gayathri, Marius K. Somda, Gilberto Vinícius de Melo Pereira, B. Lokeshwari, M. Manigandan, P. Saranraj,
This chapter delves into the realm of wild fruit fermentation, focusing on its role in the production of various alcoholic beverages. Central to the discussion are the fermentation processes, including the biochemistry involved and the specific roles played by different yeasts and bacteria. A significant emphasis is placed on the utilization o(...)
Fermentation, fruit, process, win
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Preliminary Report on the Paleoproterozoic Metasediments Genesis and Features of the Banfora Belt Western Burkina Faso (West Africa Craton)
Hermann Ilboudo, Bernadin Gnamou, Wilfried Antoine Bassou Toe, Marc Ephrem Allialy
Metasedimentary rocks of the Banfora belt are examined for their petrography geochemistry and genesis. The main formations are pelite metapelitessandstone, and metagraywackes. The first ones show a fine interlocking layering with unclear graded bedding in the sandstone compared to the metapelites, while the metagraywackes show a clearly disc(...)
Metasediments, Banfora Belt, Source, Alteration, Geotectonic Environment
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Gold in pyrite revisited: insights into remobilization during deformation using electron backscatter diffraction and LA-ICP-MS
Pascal Ouiya, Didier Béziat, Stefano Salvi, German Velásquez, Séta Naba, Arnaud Proietti
In a gold deposit near Nassara, southern Burkina Faso, gold occurs closely associated with pyrite within a network of veins hosted by metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks. Using SEM and LA-ICP-MS analyses, we identified three generations of pyrite with distinct roles in gold mineralization. Pyrite 1 (Py1) formed early during mineralization,(...)
West African Craton, Pyrite microstructure, Gold remobilization, Gold occurrence, LA-ICP-MS, EBSD
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Farmers’ perception of sorghum - cowpea production under cropping systems, water and organo-mineral fertilizer management in the Centre-West Region of Burkina Faso
KOUMBEM Mahamoudou, PALÉ Siébou, TRAORÉ Arahama, TRAORÉ Hamidou, YONLI Djibril, HIEN Edmond, PRASAD P. V. Vara and MIDDENDORF B. Jan
Land degradation associated with soil moisture and fertility stresses and declining agricultural productivity are negatively impacting crop production in the sudano-sahelian agroecological zone of West Africa, particularly in the Centre-West Region of Burkina Faso. In this part of the country, sorghum-cowpea intercropping is one of the major c(...)
Consent to adopt, household farm, cropping system, tillage.
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Groundwater Quality Assessment and Modeling Using Water Quality Index and Mathematical Models: Case Study of Bam Province, Burkina Faso
Konare Mahamadou, Traore Adama , Combere Wendpagnagda, Zoma Isabelle Eulodie, Boulama Omar Yacine Lawan Ibrahim and Abdourazakou Maman Hassan
In light of groundwater's fundamental role in providing drinking water to populations in the Sahel, its management and monitoring are vital for predicting and mitigating future crises. The goal of this study is to assess the groundwater quality in Bam province using the Water Quality Index (WQI), and to predict these indices through the applic(...)
Bam province, groundwater; water quality index (WQI), artificial neural networks (ANN), multiple linear regression (MLR)
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Ecological Engineering Using Biological Crusts: Effects on Soil Physicochemical Properties in West-Central Region of Burkina Faso
Boussa Tockville Josue MARE, Ines WAGNER, Yiénibirma Josias LANKOANDE, Benjamin LANKOANDE, Waldemar SPYCHALSKI, Lukasz WOLKO and Jérôme JUILLERET
The land degradation in Burkina Faso is one of the major development challenges in the agricultural sector. Among the various existing means of soil recovery and improvement, the use of ecological engineering based on soils microorganisms also appears as a tool for sustainable land management. For this purpose, a trial was set up in(...)
Land restoration; soil microorganisms; soil quality improvement; Burkina-Faso.
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Lands Evaluation in Hydromorphic Environment: Case of Developed Rice Lowland Soils in the Province of Ziro, Burkina Faso
Boussa Tockville Josue MARE, Duponibè SOME, Fidèle KABORE , Jean OUEDRAOGO and Edmond HIEN
Sustainable soil management became a major concern for rice farming in Burkina Faso. Rained rice production offers potential thanks to the national rice policy oriented towards the developing of lowlands. However, effective soil fertility management through the promotion of good agricultural practices is essential in this agricultural area to(...)
Rice lowlands; soil quality; land assessment; Burkina Faso
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Short Term Impact of Andropogon gayanus Kunth. on Soil Fertility and Legume Crop Rotation in West Central Region of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Boussa Tockville Josue Mare, Yiénibirma Josias Lankoande, Issaka Senou, Salifou Traore a and Waldemar Spychalski
The low productivity of land in Burkina Faso is one of the major threats of the agricultural sector. This study aims to evaluate the short-term legume crop impact in a sequence with a short term Andropogon gayanus fallow rotation in order to propose means of degraded lands recovery and their sustainable management. To achieve this goal, a test(...)
Land management; short fallow; physicochemical characteristics; Burkina Faso.
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Dynamics of Spatio-temporal Occupation of Biological Soils Crusts Using RS and GIS Approach in the Saria Catchment, West-central Region of Burkina Faso
Boussa Tockville Josue MARE, Alexandre BATIONO, Tog-Noma Patricia Emma BONTOGHO, Jean OUEDRAOGO, and Edmond HIEN
In the semi-arid environments of sub-Saharan Africa, the combined action of climatic factors and human activities degrades the vegetation cover, resulting in soils that are vulnerable to the risk of erosion. This is when micro-organisms of various kinds, known as biological crusts, colonise the soil surface, playing a part in the pedogenetic p(...)
Biological crusts; fallow land; Saria; remote sensing.
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Spatial assessment of groundwater quality in the watershed draining the city of Manga, Burkina Faso, west Africa
Césard Millogo, Blehiman Sagnon, Abdoul-Azize Barry, And Samuel Nakolendoussé
The groundwater in the catchment draining the town of Manga and the surrounding area, which is characteristic of crystalline basement aquifers, undergoes mineral exchange during its residence in the rocks. In addition, factors such as deforestation, human activities and their spatial distribution can influence the chemical composition of groun(...)
Hydrogeochemical, groundwater quality, spatial assessment, Kriging, Inverse Distance Weighting, Manga
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Preliminary report on the Paleoproterozoic metasediments genesis and features of the Banfora belt western Burkina Faso-(West Africa craton)
: Hermann Ilboudo, Bernadin Gnamou , Wilfried Antoine Bassou Toe , Marc Ephrem Allialy
Metasedimentary rocks of the Banfora belt are examined for their petrography geochemistry and genesis. Main formations are pelite meta pelites sandstone- and metagrauwackes. The first ones show a fine interlocking layering with unclear graded bedding in the sandstone compared to the metapelites, while the metagrauwackes show a clearly discor(...)
Metasediments, Banfora Belt, Source, Alteration, Geotectonic Environment
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Enhancement of the geological mapping in weathered plutonic and metamorphic rocks areas using village water supply wells data (lithology and hydrochemistry)
Cheik Abba Cissé Ouangaré, Séta Naba, Patrick Lachassagne
In weathered plutonic and metamorphic rocks areas, because rock outcrops are rare due to the extensive regolith cover, geological mapping is largely based on the interpretation of airborne data and imagery (aerial photographs, satellite images, airborne geophysics when available, etc.). In the sub-Saharan Africa, numerous village water supply(...)
Geological mapping, Granitoids, Metamorphic rocks, Silica, Village water supply boreholes
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Hydrochemical Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the City of Manga and the Surrounding Area, Burkina Faso, West Africa
Césard Millogo , Blehiman Sagnon, Sayoba Kafando, Samuel Nakolendoussé
The population of the city of Manga and the surrounding area is supplied with drinking water by boreholes exploiting the fractured rock aquifer. However, these boreholes are often managed without considering the impact of natural geogenic and anthropogenic sources of toxic chemicals, which can threaten groundwater quality. Major ion geochemist(...)
groundwater, hydrochemical evolution, saturation indices, WQI, Manga, Burkina Faso