Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change
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Research Article

Gravity-Based Structural Modelling of Awataib Area, River Nile, State, Central Sudan

¹Faculty of Minerals and Petroleum, International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan

²Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

*Corresponding Author:

Hussein AH
Faculty of Minerals and Petroleum
International University of Africa
Khartoum, Sudan
Tel: 249906778918
E-mail: hmhmd125@gmail.com, gadelmula@yahoo.com

Received Date: December 02, 2016; Accepted Date: January 04, 2017; Published Date: January 15, 2017

Citation: Hussein AH, El-Mula AAG (2017) Gravity-Based Structural Modelling of Awataib Area, River Nile, State, Central Sudan. J Earth Sci Clim Change 8: 381. doi: 10.4172/2157-7617.1000381

Copyright: © 2017 Hussein AH, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

In this paper the authors are discussing the structural setting of Awataib valley area through Gravity-based variation measurements, which have been obtained by Simple Bouguer Anomaly formula that uses the relative difference in the vertical component of the earth gravitational field between Base station and other observational points. The study objective at using Regional gravity survey is to reveal the subsurface structural geology of Awataib valley and adjacent areas. Land Sat image aided by collected field data were used in this study. Surfer software version 8.02 used to produce contoured-base map of gravity data set. Grav Modeler Program in the Geological Research Authority of Sudan (G. R. A. S.) has been just used to perform 2-D Density-Depth modeling. Free-hand graphical technique has been used to perform geological sections from derived gravity models. The NW-SE lineament has been considered as fault coincides with valley of Awataib, thus faults map has been suggested from the calibration of Bouguer anomaly steep gradients and field observations. Some of the geology faults are considered to be a rejuvenation of pre-Nubian fractures; so far, this study suggests an extension of Umm Marahik strike slip fault with general trend of NE-SW ending at Awataib valley. The depth of sediments less than 450 meters and the average effective thickness is about 275 meters which’s making up basinal features that probably considered as water-bearing formations ready to be drilled.

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