Sedimentary facies, paleoenvironments and paleogeography of the Upper Cretaceous succession in the southern Bida Basin, Nigeria

Aigbadon, Godwin Okumagbe; Igwe, Ezekiel Obinna; Ocheli, Azuka; Overare, Brume; Akakuru, Obinna Chigoziem; Akudo, Ernest Orji; Bala, Jamilu Ahmed; Aminu, Mu’awiya B.

doi:10.1007/s12517-023-11390-5

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“…Sandsized polycrystalline quartz is a stronger indicator of a metamorphic origin, particularly when there are more than five distinct crystals. Quartz occurs in virtually in every color with a colorless streak [25], [26]. It does not cleave but undergoes conchoidal fracture with a hardness of seven on the Mohs scale [27].…”

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Mineralogical Characteristics of Greywackes at Lake Bosomtwe Area in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Osumanu,

Brako,

Yalley

et al. 2024

EJGEO

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The mineralogical content and texture of greywackes in the Lake Bosomtwe area of Ghana’s Ashanti Region are examined in this petrographic study. The Graywackes are fine- to medium-grained, poorly sorted, firmly indurated sedimentary rocks. Quartz is the dominant framework component of the studied specimens, and it is both monocrystalline and polycrystalline. The average mineral compositions of the samples are quartz (53%), feldspar (16%), biotite (4%), opaque minerals (2%), and lithic fragments (1%) and classified as feldspathic wacke. The other predominant minerals include orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars. Other constituents include biotite, opaque minerals, and iron oxides. The characteristics of an advanced sedimentary environment with moderate mobility are evident in the rocks. The discoveries broaden our understanding of the Ashanti Region’s geology and have ramifications for resource development, environmental management, and geological study.

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Mineralogical Characteristics of Greywackes at Lake Bosomtwe Area in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Osumanu,

Brako,

Yalley

et al. 2024

EJGEO

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“…Lithostratigraphic logs for each section, as well as a composite log for the Agbaja road portion, were created using the Photo-Shop software, version [cc 2020 (21.2.1)]. The lithological logged sections (Figures 4,6,8,9,11 & 13) produced was utilized to classify the sections into lithostratigraphic units with the interpreted chronostratigraphic units established to delineate the formation boundaries afterwards Aigbadon et al, 2022Aigbadon et al, , 2023.…”

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Revised stratigraphic sequence and type sections of the Southern Bida Basin, Nigeria

Ozulu,

Aigbadon,

Okoro

et al. 2023

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A reassessment of the stratigraphy of the Southern Bida Basin has been attempted among various disagreements. For this work, field geological mapping and stratigraphic descriptions of exposed lithologic types on outcrop sections were used. Section-by-section descriptions of important outcrops based on field observations aided in identifying lithologic units and delineating the boundaries of the sub-basin's three formations (Lokoja, Ahoko, and Agbaja). The type sections for formations in the sub-basin were not properly erected, so Jones (1958) type section has been supplemented by a more comprehensive hypostratotype, and the name Patti Formation, which is considered a misnomer in this context, has been replaced with Ahoko Formation proposed by Rahaman et al. (2019). Ahoko village is the type locality. The Agbaja Plateau, where the Agbaja Formation is best exposed, has been presented as the lectostratotype for the formation, while the revised stratigraphic succession of the Lokoja region shows the Lokoja Formation directly encompassing the Paleozoic Basement terrain, with the Maastrichtian Agbaja and Ahoko Formations (former Patti) overlying it sequentially.

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Quantification of contamination, ecological risk index, and health risk assessment of groundwater using artificial neural network and multi-linear regression modeling approaches within Egbema, Nigeria

Akakuru,

Eyankware,

Akakuru

et al. 2023

Arab J Geosci

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Sedimentary facies, paleoenvironments and paleogeography of the Upper Cretaceous succession in the southern Bida Basin, Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

Mineralogical Characteristics of Greywackes at Lake Bosomtwe Area in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Mineralogical Characteristics of Greywackes at Lake Bosomtwe Area in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Revised stratigraphic sequence and type sections of the Southern Bida Basin, Nigeria

Quantification of contamination, ecological risk index, and health risk assessment of groundwater using artificial neural network and multi-linear regression modeling approaches within Egbema, Nigeria

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