Paleoenvironments, organic petrology and Rock-Eval studies on source rock facies of the Lower Maastrichtian Patti Formation, southern Bida Basin, Nigeria

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 394-406

  Akande, Sam O ^a   Ojo, O J ^a   Erdtmann, B D ^b   Hetenyi, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bida Basin; Organic petrology; Petroleum; Rock Eval; Source rocks

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SOURCE ROCK;

AFRICA; BIDA BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 27944483338     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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