Journal On The Formation Of Abakaliki Rock

Ministry of Human Capital Development Ebonyi State

Spectrum Training/Rapid development workshop for six Nigerian States held at Rock View hotel Abuja Journal of Economics and Sustainable development 6 24 2024 impact of oil export on gross capital formation in Nigeria Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences Article no ARJASS 32605 ISSN 2456 4761

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An Aspect of Water Distress Level Evaluation in Abakaliki Area and

of Cretaceous marine sediments in which carbonate rocks abound The main rock type is shale Abakaliki shales with lenses of limestones sandstones pyroclasts and evaporites Generally the shale beds are massive occasionally laminated and micaceous; they are extensively fractured[12] There are

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Research Article Depositional Environment of Siliciclastic Deposits on

of the basin The rocks of the formation display both vertical and lateral facies changes [18] The depositional environments include estuary distributary channels barrier foot swamp and tidal flats Ajali Formation previously referred to as the False Bedded Sandstone was renamed Ajali Formation by [15] It consists mainly of

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Mapping Geological Structures Controlling Mineralization in Enyigba

sedimentary formation of southeastern Nigeria The region is noted for Lead Zinc mineral Pb/Zn mining activities by the locals Pb/Zn deposits have been found in the lower Abakaliki Basin where metallic ores occur as epigenetic fracture controlled vein deposits and are restricted to gently dipping

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tictacjournal ROCK FORMATION GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOSSIL Blogger

ROCK FORMATION GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOSSIL FORMATION AND ROCK CYCLE In this activity you will watch a video Then work with your pair and open a Word document to write a paragraph about what you learned from the video It is about sedimentary rocks formation A geologic time scale divides Earth s history into four time periods

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Assessment of Soil Structural Stability Under Different Land Uses Using

The soil is derived from successive marine deposits from cretaceous and tertiary periods According to FDALR 1985 Abakaliki agricultural zone is underlain by sedimentary rock and consists of brown olive shales and mudstone from ASU river and associated with sandstone fine sand mudstone and grained soil

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Investigation of the geochemical signatures and conditions of formation

The Pacific Journal of Science and Technology 10 2 763 771 Johnson C A Taylor C D Leventhal J S and Freitag K 2024 Geochemistry of Metasedimentary Rocks in the Hanging Wall of the Greens Creek Massive Sulfide Deposit and of Shales Elsewhere on Admiralty Island In Taylor C D and Johnson C A eds

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Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the coniacian awgu formation in

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH VOLUME 2 ISSUE 3 MARCH 2024 the major NE SW trending faults resulting in the formation of the riftlike Abakaliki Benue Trough

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The Abakaliki and the Ebonyi Formations sub divisions of the Albian

The Abakaliki Formation is composed mainly of ilfitic and kaolinitic black shales and mudstones interbedded with black micritic limestone siltstone and minor feldapathic sandstones The limestone is composed of grapestones infxalimeelasts and brown algal remains

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Assessment of Heavy Metal Distribution in Rocks From Enyigba Pb zn

ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METAL DISTRIBUTION IN ROCKS FROM ENYIGBA PB ZN DISTRICT SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA ISSN 2351 8014 Vol 17 No 1 Aug 2024 176 Figure 1 Geological map of lead zinc deposits of Enyigba district near Abakaliki Lower Benue Trough The area is underlain by Abakaliki shales Modified from Orajaka 1965

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Palynostratigraphy Analysis of The Agbada Formation Nep 1 Well

British Journal of Earth Sciences Research Vol 4 No 1 pp 38 42 February 2024 Published by European Centre for Research Training and Development UK 38 ISSN 2024 0111 Print ISSN 2024 012X Online PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHY ANALYSIS OF THE AGBADA FORMATION NEP 1 WELL OFFSHORE EASTERN NIGER DELTA BASIN NIGERIA

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Using aromatic biological markers as a tool for assessing thermal

The Anambra Basin was initiated in the Early Cretaceous with the formation of the Benue Abakaliki Trough as a failed arm of a rift triple junction associated with the separation of the African and South American continents and the subsequent opening of the South Atlantic Ocean Murat 1972 The NE SW trending Benue Abakaliki Trough is believed

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NMGS Journal of mining & geology

More than fifteen mineral occurrences and small deposits lodes and veins are known Farrington 1952 and they occur in a varietv of host rocks including shales at Abakaliki carbonates at Arufu and sandstones at Zurak and the recently discovered occurrence at Gombe

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Petroleum geology of Benue trough and southeastern Chad basin Nigeria

OSTI GOV Journal Article Petroleum geology of Benue trough and southeastern Chad basin Nigeria volcanic rocks and intra formational veins especially in the Albian sections of the Abakaliki anticline and sub bituminous coals in the Lower Maastrichtian sections of the Anambra Basin Vitrinite reflectance Rm data from exposed NW/SE

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Effects of soaking of shales on rock slope instability and DeepDyve

Landslide prevention and other civil engineering works on shales commonly fail after many cycles of soaking and alternate drying typical of tropical climate This work investigates the intrinsic changes in the geotechnical properties of shales collected at two different localities Abakaliki and Nkporo in southeastern Nigeria Long soaking and subsequent drying were simulated using distilled

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Onwe Moses F D Geology and mineral resources of Ebonyi State

African Journal of Engineering and Environment Research Vol 1 2 2024 ISSN 2635 2974 123 1 0 INTRODUCTION Ebonyi State lies mostly in the Ebonyi Aboine River Basin and the Cross River Plains and between longitudes 7 028 0 E and 825 0 E and latitudes 5 40 0 N and 6050 0 N in the South Eastern Nigeria Fig 1a

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Aeromagnetic Survey for Determining Depth to Magnetic Source of

Engineering and Technology Journal Volume 1 Issue 1 201618 DOI 10 1234 67/etj 1004 ETJ 2024 1 18 31 Research Article Aeromagnetic Survey for Determining Depth to Magnetic Source of Abakaliki and Ugep Areas of the Lower Benue Trough Nigeria 1Ugwu G Z and 2Alasi magnetic survey is to detect rocks or minerals

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COAL DEPOSIT IN MAMU FORMATION SlideShare

Coal was first discovered in 1909 in Udi near Enugu by the Mineral Survey of Southern Nigeria It was discovered in the Mamu Formation formerly called the lower coal measures of the Anambra Sedimentary Basin Simpson 1954 In 1950 the Nigerian Coal Corporation NCC was formed and given the responsibility for exploration development and

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Groundwater characterization and impacts on health and environment in

1Rock Onwe Mkpuma 2Nwankwo G I 3Ema Michael Abraham International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 6 Issue 4 April 2024 ISSN 2229 5518 1385 Abakaliki Formation Abakaliki Shales 1829 Bluish grey to Olive brown and sandy shales fine grained

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Provenance and Tectonic Setting of Amasiri Global Journals

Ebonyi State University Abakaliki Nigeria Abstract The petrographic and geochemical study of sandstones of Eze Aku Formation Turonian outcropping in Ugep area southern Benue Trough Nigeria was carried out to ascertain the sandstone provenance and tectonic setting

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Gongola Basin SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers

The mean random vitrinite reflectance Rom values in the Gongola Basin range from 0 48% in the Gombe Formation to 0 65% in the Pindiga Formation and 0 67% in the Gongila Formation Also the reflectance values in the Yola Basin increase with stratigraphic age ranging from 0 63 to 0 80% in the Dukul and Yolde Formations respectively

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Engineering Heritage Journal GWK

Engineering Heritage Journal 2 1 14 18 ARTICLE Print ISSN 2521 0904 Online ISSN 2521 0440 CODEN EHJNA9 DETAILS ArticleHistory Received 12 November 2024 A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable amount of water The depth at which soil pore spaces

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Assessment of Cadmium and Lead Distribution in the Outcrop Rocks of

This study investigates the distribution of cadmium and lead concentrations in the outcrop rock samples collected from Abakaliki anticlinorium in the Southern Benue Trough Nigeria The outcrop rock samples from seven sampling locations were air dried for seventy two hours homogenized by grinding and pass through < 63 micron mesh sieve The ground and homogenized rock samples were

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Evaluating the Suitability of Clays from Abakaliki Area Southeastern

The characteristics of clays from Abakaliki area southeastern Nigeria were characterized to establish its suitability in oil industry as drilling mud when compared with naturally active bentonitic clays from Wyoming and Texas which are used in the industry as drilling mud The chemical mineralogical and geotechnical properties were employed in assessing the suitability of Abakaliki clays as

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Provenance and Tectonic Setting of Amasiri Global Journals

Ebonyi State University Abakaliki Nigeria Abstract The petrographic and geochemical study of sandstones of Eze Aku Formation Turonian outcropping in Ugep area southern Benue Trough Nigeria was carried out to ascertain the sandstone provenance and tectonic setting Field studies show that the sandones occur in linear parallel northeast

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Journal of Geology and Mining Research investigation of magnetic

Reporting on the geology of Abakaliki Benkhelil 1988 accredited its geological development to what happens in a comprehensive Orogenic cycle which involves sedimentation magmatism compressive tectonics and metamorphism Injection of numerous intrusive bodies into the shales of Eze Aku and Asu River groups resulted from magmatism

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Hydrocarbon potential of Cretaceous sediments in the Lower and Middle

Through systematic analysis on distribution organic matter abundance organic matter type organic matter maturity and characteristics of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion of the source rocks from the Abu Gabra Formation the main source rock members were determined and the petroleum resource extent was estimated in the study area

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Subsurface Evaluation of Source Rock and Hydrocarbon Potential of the

These imply that the source rocks are moderately to fairly rich in organic matter Cross plots of hydrocarbon potential versus TOC SOM against TOC indicated that the source rock is Type III and gas prone Tmax value ranges from 426 435 degrees C and Bitumen ratio is from 22 4 106 which indicate low maturation level for the source rock

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Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences Scientific and Technological

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 25 Number 6 Article 4 1 1 2024 Geochemical characterization and palynological studies of some Agbada Formation deposits of the Niger Delta basin implications for paleodepositional environments OLAJIDE FEMI ADEBAYO Abakaliki Anticlinorium and delimited in the west by the Benin Flank a northeast

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Petrological and Geochemical Characteristics of Pyroclastics

rocks They are of basaltic composition Geochemical analysis shows that the pyroclastics are subakaline tholeiitic rocks of thin continental crust origin They are classified as basalts basaltic andesites dacites and rhyolites Keywords abakaliki pyroclastics benue trough petrography geochemistry

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