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dc.contributor.authorNabbosa, Harima
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-12T14:06:51Z
dc.date.available2022-04-12T14:06:51Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-06
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/11651
dc.descriptionA Project report submitted to the Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies, Makerere University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Petroleum Geoscience and Production.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis report entails the field work activities carried out from 15th- 24th March 2021 in the Albertine Graben, Ntoroko district. The area’s basement lithology consists of granitic gneisses with some dolerite intrusions as well. Overlying the basement rocks are sedimentary rocks that is sands, clays and silt, mainly of the fluvial and lacustrine nature believed to have originated in the Rwenzori ranges. The contact between the sediments and the basement is marked with a basal conglomerate. The basin was affected by intensive tectonic activity, that led to metamorphism of the basement rocks and formation of vast types of structures with in the basement and sediments, examples of these structures include faults, joints, folds, veins and banding. Formation of these lines of weaknesses within the rocks allowed percolation of mineral rich fluids. The minerals later precipitated to form gypsum deposits, which is very abundant in the area, mainly within the sands and clays. Several other structures exist in the sedimentary rocks some of which include; cross beds, mud diapirs and bioturbation structures. At the Makondo fault area, thick clays had plenty of fresh water oyster shells, bivalves, fish bones and fins which confirmed the lacustrine and fluvial origin of the sediments. The presence of hot springs with in the area indicated the presence of high enough geothermal gradients for maturation and expulsion of hydrocarbons. We concluded that the study area has a working petroleum system characterized with all the required system components that is source rocks, reservoir rocks, seals, traps and migration pathways.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectAlbertine Graben, Semliki Basin, Karugutuen_US
dc.subjectLithologyen_US
dc.subjectRock structuresen_US
dc.titleField study of Semliki sedimentary basin in the Albertine Graben, Western Ugandaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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