FIELD REPORT ON AFIKPO BASIN AND ITS
FIELD REPORT ON AFIKPO BASIN AND ITS' ENVIRONS
By
KPE, MARILYN GEORGE
U2010/5565058
Submitted to
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY
FACULTY OF PHSICAL SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT
COURSE TITLE: GEOLOGICAL MAPPING PROJECT
COURSE CODE: GLY 414.2
COURSE LECTURERS: Dr. Mrs Oloto Rev. Richmond Ideozu Mr. Kingsley Okengwu Mrs. John Onwualu
NOVEMBER, 2014
DEDICATION
This report is dedicated to Jah Almighty for giving me life and seeing me through my endeavours. Also, the George’s family, my friends, course mates and well wishers.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would want to use this medium to thank everyone who contributed in making this training a success.
I want to thank the department of geology for incorporating field exercise in our curriculum.
My uttermost appreciation goes to our field coordinator Dr. Mrs I.N. Oloto and the other lecturers: Mr Kingsley Okengwu, Mrs John and Mr Richmond Ideozu for their support during my learning process. Also my group members and coursemates for their support during the mapping exercise.
Special thanks to the George’s family to their constant support.
ABSTRACT
The Study Area is bound within longitudes 7° 50΄0΄΄E & 7° 55΄5΄΄ E and latitudes 5°50΄0΄΄ N & 5° 55΄50΄΄ N. The areas include; the Amaseri, Ozara Ukwu, Magregor and the Iyoka regions.
The Afikpo basin of the south eastern Benue trough represents an elongate NE-SW oriented depocenter and it is located north west of the Oban Massif. The major basins in the area are the Afikpo basin and Anambra basin. During the Santonian, the Abakaliki synclinorium was formed. Thereafter, all other beds were deposited in the Benue Trough. The first transgression was during the Albian time and it brought in the Asu River Group of sediments which was the oldest marine sediments in Nigeria.
By
KPE, MARILYN GEORGE
U2010/5565058
Submitted to
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY
FACULTY OF PHSICAL SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT
COURSE TITLE: GEOLOGICAL MAPPING PROJECT
COURSE CODE: GLY 414.2
COURSE LECTURERS: Dr. Mrs Oloto Rev. Richmond Ideozu Mr. Kingsley Okengwu Mrs. John Onwualu
NOVEMBER, 2014
DEDICATION
This report is dedicated to Jah Almighty for giving me life and seeing me through my endeavours. Also, the George’s family, my friends, course mates and well wishers.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would want to use this medium to thank everyone who contributed in making this training a success.
I want to thank the department of geology for incorporating field exercise in our curriculum.
My uttermost appreciation goes to our field coordinator Dr. Mrs I.N. Oloto and the other lecturers: Mr Kingsley Okengwu, Mrs John and Mr Richmond Ideozu for their support during my learning process. Also my group members and coursemates for their support during the mapping exercise.
Special thanks to the George’s family to their constant support.
ABSTRACT
The Study Area is bound within longitudes 7° 50΄0΄΄E & 7° 55΄5΄΄ E and latitudes 5°50΄0΄΄ N & 5° 55΄50΄΄ N. The areas include; the Amaseri, Ozara Ukwu, Magregor and the Iyoka regions.
The Afikpo basin of the south eastern Benue trough represents an elongate NE-SW oriented depocenter and it is located north west of the Oban Massif. The major basins in the area are the Afikpo basin and Anambra basin. During the Santonian, the Abakaliki synclinorium was formed. Thereafter, all other beds were deposited in the Benue Trough. The first transgression was during the Albian time and it brought in the Asu River Group of sediments which was the oldest marine sediments in Nigeria.
References: Odigi M.I. and Amajor L.C. (2008) “Petrology and Geochemistry sandstones in the Southern Benue Trough of Nigeria: Implications to provenance and Tectonic Setting" Odigi M.I. and Amajor L.C. (2008) “Brittle deformation in the Afikpo basin (Southeast Nigeria): Evidence for a terminal Cretaceous extensional regime in the lower Benue Trough Nigeria" Olade M.A. (1978) “Early Cretaceous basaltic volcanism and initial continental rifting in Benue trough" Reyment R.A (1965) “Aspects of the Geology of Nigeria, University press Ibadan Nigeria".