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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073"A geochemical comparison of the pyroclastic rocks from Abakaliki and Ezillo, southeastern Benue Trough". Journal of Mining and Geology. Vol. 23, pp 45-51. 3. Obiora, S. C. and Umeji, A. C. (2004). "Petrographic evidence for regional burial metamorphism of the sedimentary rocks in the lower Benue Rift". Journal of African Earth Sciences.
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The Abakaliki pyroclastics are the best known volcaniclastic rocks in Nigeria. Resistivity profiling across Echara Unuhu and Amike Aba pyroclastic bodies and geological field descriptions of the rock reveal a relationship between apparent resistivity and the different lithotypes within the pyroclastic mass.
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073A combination of the integrated electrical conductivity (IEC), aquifer vulnerability index (AVI), and the groundwater hydraulic confinement-overlying strata-depth to water table (GOD) pollution indices were used to assess the vulnerability of the fractured rock aquifer in the Abakaliki area to pollution from anthropogenic sources. The …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073International Journal of Advanced Academic Research | Sciences, Technology and Engineering | ISSN: 2488-9849 Vol. 6, Issue 3 (March 2020) 54 Composition of Abakaliki Pyroclastic Rocks The pyroclastic rocks have been described as light to dark grey lapilli tuffs and lapilli stones of basaltic composition (Olade, 1978; Hoque, 1981, 1984).
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Reyment (1965) described the Asu River group as the oldest sedimentary rock in southeastern Nigeria. Abakaliki formation is predominantly shales; ranges from dark grey to black in color, with intercalations of sandstones, siltstones and limestone, which was believed to have started depositing during the Mid-Albian period.
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Journal of African Earth Sciences. Volume 141, May 2018, Pages 207-220. Geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis of the pyroclastic rocks in Abakaliki …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073DOI: 10.1016/0899-5362(89)90021-3 Corpus ID: 129042303; The Abakaliki and the Ebonyi Formations: sub-divisions of the Albian Asu River Group in the southern Benue trough, …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The Nkporo Group, Mamu Formation, Ajali sandstone, Nsukka Formation, Imo Formation and the Ameki Group were deposited as post-Santonian sediments (Fig. 2). Towards the end of Eocene, the third phase commenced and was characterized by the structural inversion of the Abakaliki region further shifting the depocentre down dip
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