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Significant differences exist between siliciclastic and carbonate sediments; therefore, the course of diagenesis differs in these two fundamentally different kinds of rocks. To illustrate, carbonate sediments are intrabasinal deposits, which are precipitated in some manner from the water in which they are deposited.
The findings of (Serra, 2006) revealed that Nigeria is rich in carbonate rock deposits such as limestone, marble, and dolomite.Marble and limestone reserves are estimated to be over 37.1 million tons and 817.76 million tons, respectively (Felix and Yomi, 2013).Carbonate deposits, on the other hand, are not evenly distributed across the …
In Nigeria marble and calcsilicate rocks occur in large deposits e.g., Jakura and Ekirin Adde in Kogi state, Igbeti and Alaguntan in Oyo state, Elubu in Kwara State and Igarra …
The limestone at Mfamosing, near Calabar, is the largest and the purest deposit in Nigeria. It is about 50 metres thick at the quarry site. West of Calabar, another carbonate body occurs in the subsurface that is 450 metres thick. The Calabar Flank is the main carbonate province in Nigeria with well-developed tropical karsts and caves.
Integrated geochemical and multivariate statistical examination of source rocks in the Sokoto and Anambra Basins, Nigeria: implications for hydrocarbon prospectivity. Petroleum Science and Engineering, 4(2), 39–50. Article Google Scholar Dunham, R. J. (1962). Classification of carbonate rocks according to depositional texture.
The limestone beds on the Benin Flank of southwestern Nigeria are of importance to economic and industrial growth of Nigeria. Little attention has been paid …
Dolomite Deposits - Nigeria is one of the African Countries with Dolomite deposits and these are located in Abuja, Edo (Ikpeshi and Akoko), Kogi, Nasarawa, Kwara, Yobe, and Oyo.. Dolomite is one of the compositions …
ELSEVIER Engineering Geology 37 (1994) 271 283 A study of some Nigerian carbonate rocks for the building construction industry E.O. Esu a, A.E. Edet a, S.C. Teme b, C.S. Okereke a Department of Geology, UniversiO' of Calabar, P.O. Box 1115, Calabar, Nigeria b Institute of Geosciences and Space, Technology Rivers State University qfScience and ...
The marble deposits, which were re-crystallized from the Precambrian limestone and other fine-grained clastics and sedimentary carbonate rocks (Emofurieta and Ekuajemi 1995, Grant 1970; Gandu et al. 1986), are confined within the southern schist belts of the western half of Nigeria; west of longitude 8°E.
High-grade supergene manganese oxide ores cap the manganese carbonate beds. All these major ore deposits formed in the interval 2.0-2.2 Ga. Additional deposits that contain only relatively small ...
Ooid typically form in agitated waters. Petrographical Study of Ewekoro Carbonate Rocks, in Ibese, South Western Nigeria Carbonate Mud Matrix (Micrite) It is considered as forming very largely by rather rapid chemical or biochemical precipitation in sea water settling to the bottom and at times undergoing some later drifting by weak currents.
Most carbonatites trace their origins to mantle melting ().Radiogenic isotopic compositions of carbonatite-associated REE deposits suggest an origin from enriched mantle domains (enriched mantle type 1, EM1; enriched mantle type 2, EM2; and HIMU type, i.e., high "μ", where μ = 238 U/ 204 Pb). Carbonate melts enriched in REEs …
This study's objective is to do an economic evaluation of the carbonate rocks deposit in the Igwe area by classifying the rocks on the basis of their chemical and mineralogical composition and comparing them to standards. ... C.A., Ed. (1989) Geology of Nigeria. 2nd Edition, Rock View (Nig) Ltd., Nigeria, 38-45. ...
Petrography and reservoir quality controls in shallow transitional marine Cretaceous-Paleogene deposits in the Dahomey Basin, Nigeria. Author links open overlay panel Olajide J. Adamolekun a, Benjamin Busch a, Michael P. Suess b, Nicolaas ... The carbonate rocks of the Ewekoro Formation in the Ilaro Well (IL) are predominantly …
Petrographical Study of Ewekoro Carbonate Rocks, in Ibese, South Western Nigeria 1 ... Limestone deposits can be found in every system of the geologic column since the Precambrian ...
Elsevier, New York. Coker S.L. and Ejedawe J.E.(1983): Hydrocarbon Source Potential of Cretaceous Rock of Okitipupa Uplift, Nigeria Journal of Mining and Geology; Vol. 20 pp 168-169. Dunham R.J. (1962): Classification of Carbonate Rocks According to Depositional Texture, In: Classification of Carbonate Rocks (Ed. By W.E. Ham), pp 108 …
Esu, Edet, Teme, & Okereke (1994) reported a widespread of carbonate rocks occurrence in Nigeria. Carbonate rocks have several industrial and engineering applications. ... J.I. (2017). Quality and durability of some marble deposits in the southern schist belt (Nigeria) as construction stones. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment ...
2006). Marble is a metamorphosed limestone. Limestone and marble are carbonate rocks, dominated by the mineral calcite (CaCO 3). Nigeria is endowed with large deposits of …
cate rocks. In Nigeria, marble and calcsilicate rocks occur in large deposits in areas like Jakura and Ekirin Adde in Kogi state, Igbeti and Alaguntan in Oyo state; Elubu in Kwara State and Igarra in Edo State are just few of the quantified and a already being exploited locations where carbonates rocks are found (Fatoye and Gideon, 2013) [1].
These two are among the most important basins in Nigeria in terms of carbonate deposits. Several studies have been carried out on the carbonate …
The interest on the rock unit was because it is one of the few carbonate rocks occurring in Nigeria. Carbonate rocks form approximately 15% of the earth's sedimentary crust and their derived products are useful as ... and most extensive carbonate deposit in South Western Nigeria. It finally becomes finer grained, grading into
Marble is a metamorphosed limestone. Limestone and marble are carbonate rocks, dominated by the mineral calcite (CaCO3). Nigeria is endowed with large deposits of limestone and marble located in all …
This study has proved that the carbonate content in red limestone beds ranged between 53.5-100.0 %, while this percentage ranged in red marly rocks …
The search for economic deposits of lithium has to be targeted in these rocks. In Nigeria, lithium minerals (spodumene and lepidolite) are known to be associated with cassiterite, columbite ...
CARBONATE ROCKS Exploration and Investment Opportunities in Nigeria Occurrences Carbonate rock occurrences are reported in almost all the States across Nigeria. These occurrences are found in the form of limestone, marble (dolomites and calcites) and …
In Nigeria, marble and calcsilicate rocks occur in large deposits in areas like Jakura and Ekirin Adde in Kogi state, Igbeti and Alaguntan in Oyo state; Elubu in Kwara State and Igarra in Edo ...