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1 online resource (594 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; Part I; Part II; List of Tables; Part I; Part II; Enclosures; Part I; Part II; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I; Part II; Project Personnel; Part I; Part II; Part I -- Cenozoic foraminifera biostratigraphy of the niger delta; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; 1.1 -- Origin and Concept of the Stratigraphic Committee of the Niger Delta (StratCom); 1.2 -- The Organization That Oversees StratCom Activities; 1.3 -- The Committees of StratCom; 1.4 -- The Foraminifera Consortium; 1.5 -- Project Objectives and Methodology. |
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1.5.1 -- Objectives1.5.2 -- Methodology; Chapter 2 -- Geology of the Niger Delta Basin; 2.1 -- Definition and Classification of the Niger Delta; 2.1.1 -- Previous Work; 2.1.2 -- Physiography; 2.1.3 -- Sediment Budget; 2.1.4 -- The Geomorphic Zones and Depositional Environments; 2.2 -- Origin and Lithic Fill of the Niger Delta Basin; 2.2.1 -- Stratigraphic Packaging; 2.2.1.1 -- Outcropping Units; 2.2.1.1.1 -- The Imo Formation; 2.2.1.1.2 -- The Ameki Group; 2.2.1.2 -- Subsurface Units of the Niger Delta; 2.2.1.2.1 -- The Benin Formation; 2.2.1.2.2 -- The Agbada Formation; 2.2.1.2.3 -- The Akata Formation. |
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2.2.1.2.3.1 -- Petrography of the Agbada sandstones. 2.2.1.2.3.2 -- Physical sedimentary structures.; 2.2.1.2.3.3 -- Biogenic sedimentary structures.; 2.2.1.2.3.4 -- Petrophysical implications of the ichnofabrics.; 2.2.1.2.3.5 -- Members of the Agbada Formation.; 2.2.1.2.3.6 -- Stratigraphic evolution of the Agbada Formation.; 2.2.1.2.3.7 -- Sedimentological evolution of the Agbada.; 2.3 -- Niger Delta Structure and Tectonics; 2.3.1 -- Introduction; 2.3.2 -- Growth Faults; 2.3.3 -- Field-Scale Structural Styles; 2.3.4 -- Regional Structural Styles; 2.3.4.1 -- The Depobelts. |
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2.3.4.2 -- Structural Trends in the Deep Offshore2.4 -- The Hydrocarbon Systems; 2.4.1 -- Introduction; 2.4.2 -- Origins of the Niger Delta Hydrocarbons; 2.4.3 -- Distribution of the Hydrocarbons; 2.4.4 -- Properties of the Niger Delta Hydrocarbons; 2.4.5 -- Source Rocks; 2.4.6 -- Hydrocarbon Generation, Migration, and Containment; 2.4.7 -- Reservoir Facies Characteristics; 2.4.8 -- Petrophysical Properties; 2.5 -- Summary; Chapter 3 -- Phylogeny of the Niger Delta Cenozoic Foraminifera; 3.1 -- Introduction; 3.2 -- Phylogenetic Trends Among Selected Cenozoic Niger Delta Foraminifera. |
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3.2.1 -- Benthonic Foraminifera3.2.2 -- Planktonic Foraminifera; 3.2.2.1 -- Evolutionary Paleoecologic Models; 3.2.2.2 -- Periods of Pronounced Speciation; Chapter 4 -- Chronostratigraphy of the Niger Delta Cenozoic Foraminifera; 4.1 -- Harmonization of the Foraminifera Chronostratigraphic Schemes of StratCom Member Companies; 4.2 -- The Niger Delta Chronostratigraphic Scheme (Enclosure 1.1); 4.2.1 -- General Principles; 4.2.2 -- Correlation Datums; 4.3 -- Niger Delta Foraminifera Biozonation; 4.3.1 -- Benthonic Foraminifera Zones; 4.3.2 -- Planktonic Foraminifera Zones. |
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4.4 -- Biofacies Analysis of the Studied Wells. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-528) and index. |
| Subject |
Geology, Stratigraphic.
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Biogeomorphology.
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Stratigraphie.
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Biogéomorphologie.
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NATURE -- Fossils.
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Biogeomorphology
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Geology, Stratigraphic
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| Added Author |
Adegoke, O. S., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cenozoic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Niger Delta. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2017 0128121610 9780128121610 (OCoLC)959033611 |
| ISBN |
9780128122372 (electronic bk.) |
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0128122374 (electronic bk.) |
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9780128121610 |
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0128121610 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000061157306 |
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DEBSZ 482475641 |
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GBVCP 879420391 |
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