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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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1 Department of Geology, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
 

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.

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Sequence Stratigraphy, Upper Benue Trough, Petroleum Reservoir Indicators, Depositional Model
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Authors

O. Odedede
Department of Geology, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
E. O. Adaikpoh
Department of Geology, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria

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.

Keywords


Sequence Stratigraphy, Upper Benue Trough, Petroleum Reservoir Indicators, Depositional Model

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2011%2Fv4i5%2F30048