Geochemistry and organic petrography of Cretaceous sediments of the Calabar Flank, southeastern, Nigeria

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 252-268

  Ekpo, B O ^a   Ibok, U J ^a   Essien, N ^a   Wehner, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calabar Flank; Geochemistry; Niger Delta; Nigeria; Organic petrography; Paleoenvironment; Sediments; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

CALABAR; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; ORGANIC PETROGRAPHY; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; SULPHATE REDUCTION;

CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SHALE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR; WEATHERING;

OXIC SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION; APTIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAASTRICHTIAN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OUTCROP; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PETROGRAPHY; PYROLYSIS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CALABAR; CROSS RIVER [(STT) NIGERIA]; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 84861693270     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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