Geological map of nigeria showing the study area source. Anambra basin in the lower benue trough is a major coal producing basin in nigeria where intensive. Nigerias under explored and poorly understood frontier basins include the nigeria, chad, bida, dahomey, sokoto, and benue basins. Niger delta province, nigeria, cameroon, and equatorial guinea, africa by michele l. The first major work in the bida basin with focus on stratigraphy and sedimentology is that of adeleye, 1973, adeleye, 1974. Petroleum oil and gas accounts for up to 95% of nigerias foreign earning and.
Bida basin is a nwse trending intracratonic basin extending from kotangora northern nigeria to lokoja in the central part of nigeria. Paleoenvironmental studies of ahoko shale, south eastern bida. The conventional stratigraphy of the bida basin has the bida formation at the base in the northern sector, followed successively upward by the sakpe, enagi, and batati formations. The sokoto basin on the northwestern outskirts of nigeria is a part of large iullemmeden basin that extends far to the north. The dahomey basin like other sedimentary basins in nigeria is found to be endowed with mineral resources. The basin trends from northwest to southeast and basically extends from kontagora niger state to the north and. It forms a shallow linear depression with sedimentary thickness that varies from 2 km to 3.
Geothermal study over sokoto basin northwestern, nigeria kamureyina ezekiel department of geology and mining, adamawa state university, mubi p. Heavy mineral distribution in the lokoja and patti formations. Geologic map showing configuration of potentiometric surface in cretaceous aquifers, sokoto basin, northwestern nigeria. It is frequently regarded as the northwestern extension of the anambra basin to the southeast, both of. The northwestsoutheast trending bida basin follows the course of the upper niger river. Sedimentological characteristics of lokoja sandstone exposed. The geology of nigeria formed beginning in the archean and proterozoic eons of the precambrian. The nigeria chad basin is part of the bornu basin, an intracratonic rift basin having an area of 2,335,000 km 2 and covering chad, niger, the cameroun republics, and northeastern part of nigeria. There are considerable groundwater and surface water resources available in nigeria. Geological survey of nigeria agency have actively engaged an active in the exploration for mineral deposits in nigeria. Evaluation of groundwater resources of the middle niger bida. Department of geology, federal university of technology, minna, pmb 65, minna, nigeria corresponding author. Marine incursion in to the basin was suspected to have taken place during the early part of the uppermost maastrichtian phase from the south via the anambra basin, during which very.
Geology and mineral resources of the lower benue trough, nigeria. Ftst journal determination of the crustal thickness. Paleoenvironments, organic petrology and rock eval studies on source rock facies of the campanian to maastrichtian patti formation, southern bida basin, nigeria. The intracratonic bida basin nupe or middle niger basin is one of the inland sedimentary basins of nigeria 1, located roughly at the midcentral nigeria figure. They have their origins in the multiphased rift systems that were formed during the breakup of gondwanaland in early cretaceous time.
Facies analysis of the investigated sections indicates three main facies which include conglomerate, sandstone and claystone. Groundwater resources studies in the bida basin, central nigeria. The geochemistry and mineralogy of the sakpe ironstone were studied around jima, northern bida basin, nigeria. Shonga, bida basin, shoreface, channel lag, paleoenvironment 1. It is delimited in the northeast and southwest by the basement complex while it merges with anambra and sokoto basins in sedimentary fill comprising post orogenic.
Hydrocarbon seepages have been reported in the basin around pategimuregi on the river niger in niger state and around ahoko near lokoja in kogi state. It is one of the several cretaceous and later rift basins in west africa whose origin are related to the opening of the south atlantic3. Journal of geology and mining research interpretation of. Updates on the geology and potential petroleum system of the bida basin in central nigeria. Palynology and paleoenvironments of the upper araromi. Their sedimentation started in cretaceous time and spans into quaternary. Pdf new assessment for central nigerias bida basin highlights. Regional framework, structural and petroleum aspects of rift. In the basin section, the precambrian 4600570 ma to lower paleozoic 570500 ma. The bida basin the bida basin is a nwse trending intracratonic sedimentary basin extending from kontagora in niger state of nigeria to areas slightly beyond lokoja in the. The bida basin is divided into northern and southern bida basin, each varying in lithostratigraphic succession adeleye, 1973. The basin is a gently downwarped trough whose genesis may be closely connected with the santonian orogenic movements of southeastern nigeria and the benue valley, nearby. Part 1 discusses the geology of the crystalline rocks and their regional distribution while the sedimentary basins constitute the subject of part 2. Geology and mineral resources of nigeria pp 91101 cite as.
Geologic map of the sokoto basin, northwestern nigeria. Geochemical assessment of claystone deposits from the. The geology of nigeria, as detailed in kogbe, is made up of three main rock. Geothermal study over sokoto basin northwestern, nigeria. Most of the sedimentary cover is of cretaceous age. Field results show that clays in kutigi are deposited as alluvial deposit from braided and meandering streams and occur in two locations a and b. Soft sediment deformation structures in the maastrichtian. The bida basin is a nwse trending intracratonic basin that extends northwestwards from the confluence of the niger and benue rivers at the lokojadekina axis to the basement complex that separates it from the basal continental early cretaceous to late jurassic illo and gundumi formations kogbe, 1989 of the sokoto basin at shegwa nw in the kainji dam area. The middle niger basin nupe or bida basin, which is only about 0. The lokoja sandstone is the basal unit overlying the basement complex unconformably. B cross section from nne to ssw across niger delta modified from stacher 1995. Generally, species nomenclature for dinoflagellate cysts followed fensome and williams 2004. Nigeria is underlain by seven major sedimenta ry basins, viz. Pdf an overview of the geology and hydrogeology of nigeria.
The geology and mineralogy of clay occurrences around kutigi. The lower benue trough like other sedimentary basins in nigeria is found to be endowed with mineral resources. The country is located in west africa and shares land borders with the republic of benin in the west, chad and cameroon in the east, and niger in the north. Patterns and significance of geosciences and mining research works in nigeria from 20082012. Read all the latest news, breaking stories, top headlines, opinion, pictures and videos about bida basin from nigeria and the world on today.
Depositional environments and petrographic characteristics of. Sedimentological characteristics of lokoja sandstone. Regional geological map with rifts superposed upon the regional surface geology. Ten representative samples of the ironstone submitted for geochemical and mineralogical studies. Paleoenvironmental studies of ahoko shale, south eastern. It is approximately 350 km long and varies in width from 75 to 150 km. Geological developments in the basin in terms of basin evolution and structural features have been discussed by many authors. It is a shallow, linear depression with sedimentary fill of about 3,000 m thick udensi and osazuwa, 2004. It is the lateral equivalent of the bida sandstone, consisting of sub. The slides, residues, unprocessed samples, cd copies and duplicate prints are in the palynological collections of the biological sciences department, redeemers university, mowe. Geochemical studies of claystone deposits from the patti formation in the southern bida basin, northcentral nigeria, were carried out on representative samples to determine the basins depositional conditions, provenance and tectonic setting. Sedimentology and depositional environments of the upper african. The bida basin is a nwse trending intracratonic sedimentary basin extending from kontagora in niger state of nigeria to areas slightly beyond lokoja in the south figure 2.
Nuhu george obaje, abdullahi bomai, sunday dabai moses, mohammed ali, abdulwahid aweda, serah japhet habu, abdullahi idrisnda, aliyu isah goro, salome waziri. The aim of the project is to carry out integrated studies of the. The study was carried out to determine curie point depth, geothermal gradient and heat flow using high resolution aeromagnetic data over the sokoto basin. The country forms the nigerian province and more than half of its surface is igneous and metamorphic crystalline basement rock from the precambrian. Updates on the geology and potential petroleum system of. The midniger basin otherwise known as the bida basin or the nupe basin is a nwse trending intracratonic sedimentary basin.
Depositional environment and paleoredox indicator of the. Geology department, university of ibadan, ibadan, nigeria. The basin is a nwse trending embayment, perpendicular to the main axis of the benue trough and the niger delta basin fig. Geology the southern bida basin section of the study area figure 2 is cretaceous 665 ma and forms part of the larger bida basin. The bida basinis an intracratonic inland basin in northcentral nigeria. The campanian bida formation is the oldest stratigraphic unit in the northern bida basin, central nigeria. The chad basin, the largest, is an intracratonic rift basin with an area of 2,335,000 sq. Kogbe eds geology of nigeria, 2nd edition, elizabeth publishing company, lagos, pp. Geology and mineral resources of nigeria nuhu george obaje. Bida basin news latest breaking stories and top headlines. Obaje and others published new assessment for central nigerias bida basin highlights geological prospects find, read and.
Geology and mineral resources of nigeria springerlink. Note the position of the west african rift subsystem which also includes gao trough in mali and bida basin in nigeria. Geochemicalandmineralogical characteristicsofsakpe. Bida basin is one of the younger sedimentary basins of africa campanian maastrichitian in nigeria regarded as the northwestern extension of anambra basin bounded by monotonous precambrian basement rocks. Dash line enclosed area with seismic data provided by chevron nigeria ltd. A paper presented at the 1st international water resources conference, benin. Pdf a revised stratigraphy of the bida basin, nigeria. The basin is bounded by monotonous precambrian basement rocks of various mineralogical, textural and. For dinoflagellates and acritarchs, monographs of powell 1992, jan du chene 1987 and sluijs et al. Geohydrologic section through northeastern sokoto basin, north western nigeria, showing principal aquifers and confining beds. Preliminary interpretation of gravity measurement in the middle niger basin area, nigeria. Journal of geology and mining research academic journals. The bida basin, which is one of the major inland sedimentary basins in nigeria, is oriented in the northwest southeastern direction and perpendicular to the main axis of the benue trough and the niger delta basin of nigeria fig.
The northwest southeastern trending bida basin forms one of the major inland sedimentary basins in nigeria. In the southern sector, the lokoja formation is at the base, followed by the patti formation and ending with the agbaja formation at the top. Sedimentology and depositional environments of the. Depositional environments and petrographic characteristics. Its coast in the south lies on the gulf of guinea on the atlantic ocean. The mineral resources found in the basin, their locations and uses are listed below table 2. The geology and mineralogy of clay occurrences around. Geological map of study area showing locations of studied sections with inset map of. Patterns and significance of geosciences and mining. Only about 10% of the areal extent of the basin lies within nigeria fig. The intracratonic bida basin nupe or middle niger basin is one of the. Preliminary chemical assessment of groundwater in the basement complex area within the bunsuru and gagere subbasin, northern nigeria.
The bida basin is one of nigerias inland frontier basins. Updates on the geology and potential petroleum system of the. Basin, the benue trough, the chad basin, the sokoto basin, the bida nupe basin and the dahomey basin, all infill with sediments varying in age from the cretaceous to recent. Department of geology and mineral sciences, university of ilorin, nigeria. It is roughly elliptical in ground plan and runs perpendicularly to the western margin. After more than 55 years of intensive exploration, it is considered that the main prospectivity of nigeria is restricted to the niger delta and its adjacent offshore. It is a twostage rift basin comparable to the petroliferous south chad. Pdf a revised stratigraphy of the bida basin, nigeria gabriel ojo and s. The middle niger bida basin is a linear intracratonic sedimentary basin situated in central nigeria. Pdf stratigraphy, paleogeography and hydrocarbon resource. Linkpage citation nigeria is on the west coast of africa, on latitudes 4degrees north of the equator and latitudes 3degrees and 14degrees on the east of the greenwich meridian.
The sedimentary succession in the bida basin, central nigeria, has the potential to include an active petroleum system with the generation, migration and accumulation of hydrocarbons in commercial quantities. The geotechnical properties of clay occurrences around. Groundwater flow and contaminant transport from municipal. Geochemical assessment of claystone deposits from the patti. Nigerias frontier basinsunrealized rift system hydrocarbon. Contains details on the geological units of nigeria and the associated mineral resources. Geological survey editorial standards or with the north american stratigraphic. Hydrocarbon, bida basin, sedimentology, inland basins, nigeria introduction the bida basin, also known as the midniger or nupe basin, is located in westcentral nigeria figure. Geology and mineral resources of the lower benue trough. The geochemistry of claystoneshale deposits from the. Basin, the benue trough, the chad basin, the sokoto basin, the bidanupe basin and the dahomey basin, all infill with sediments varying in age from the cretaceous to recent. Pdf a revised stratigraphy of the bida basin, nigeria gabriel ojo. The bida basin runs north west from the confluence of niger and benue rivers from the anambra basin in the southeast and to the northwest tow ards the sokoto basin figure 2. The basement complex, which is precambrian in age, is made up of the.
A revised stratigraphy of the bida basin, nigeria sciencedirect. A new geological map was made for the basin which clearly demonstrates the relationship of the formations. Sedimentary facies relationships and depositional environments of the maastrichtian enagi formation, northern bida basin, nigeria. The regional stratigraphic succession in the bida basin and its relationship to the anambra basin is shown in figure 2. This paper reports the geology and mineralogy of the clay occurrences around kutigi.
Petroleum geology of the southern bida basin, nigeria. The geology of nigeria is made up of three major lithopetrological components, namely, the basement complex, younger granites, and sedimentary basins. Preliminary chemical assessment of groundwater in the basement complex area within the bunsuru and gagere sub basin, northern nigeria. Sedimentary succes sions in these basins are of middle mesozoic to recent age. Geochemicalandmineralogical characteristicsofsakpe ironstone.
An overview of the geology and hydrogeology of nigeria. The bida basin is one of the younger sedimentary basins of africa campanian maastrichitian located in nigeria between sokoto part iullemmeden and anambra basins, it trend in northwest southeast direction and regarded as the northwestern extension of anambra basin 1. This basin is very complex, and it carries high economic value as it contains a very. Geology and mineral resources of nigeria nuhu george. The mineral resources so far reported in the trough by the geological survey of nigeria agency are discussed below. The federal republic of nigeria is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its federal capital territory, abuja. A position of nigeria in africa and niger delta basin.