Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Gombe Sandstone and Lower Kerrikerri formation Exposed around Fika-potiskum, Upper Benue Trough, Nigeria: a Consideration for Petroleum Reservoir Indicators
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| Title | Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Gombe Sandstone and Lower Kerrikerri formation Exposed around Fika-potiskum, Upper Benue Trough, Nigeria: a Consideration for Petroleum Reservoir Indicators |
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| Abstract | Sequence stratigraphic analyses of the surface outcrops of the Late Cretaceous - Tertiary sediments of the Upper Benue Trough reveal a type 1 sequence. Most of the sediments were deposited in high stand system tracts and minor amount of low stand system tract. Fluvial deposition appears to be a minor component due to low rates of sediment input, relative sea level rise that resulted in rapid transgression rather than coastal plain aggradations in the Gombe Sandstone. A predominance of high stand system tracts in the Gombe Sandstone may be attributed to high rate of tectonics and sediment supply, while climate and tectonics exert a strong control on the Kerri- Kerri Formation. |
| Publisher | Indian Society for Education and Environment (ISEE) |
| Date | 2011-05-01 |
| Source | Indian Journal of Science and Technology Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2011 |