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—Type sections of <span class="search-highlight">Benin</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> and Agbanda <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> Depths in feet.
Published: 01 May 1967
Fig. 4. —Type sections of Benin Formation and Agbanda Formation Depths in feet.
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Gully at Uli representing the <span class="search-highlight">Benin</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span>.
Published: 01 October 2018
Fig. 5. Gully at Uli representing the Benin Formation.
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—Isopach map of <span class="search-highlight">Benin</span> <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span>, Niger delta, Nigeria.
Published: 01 February 1978
Fig. 5 —Isopach map of Benin Formation, Niger delta, Nigeria.
Journal Article
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 October 1972
AAPG Bulletin (1972) 56 (10): 1975–1983.
..., and their heads cut back into the Benin Formation continental sands. As the sea rose, these canyon heads formed wide estuaries which have since been filled. All Quaternary canyons except three currently scoured by resedimented longshore drift material have been filled. Because the Niger delta has prograded toward...
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Journal Article
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 May 1967
AAPG Bulletin (1967) 51 (5): 761–779.
...Fig. 4. —Type sections of Benin Formation and Agbanda Formation Depths in feet. ...
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Journal Article
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 March 1966
AAPG Bulletin (1966) 50 (3): 634–635.
..., comprised of an upper sandy unit called the Benin Formation, an intervening unit of alternating sandstone and shale named the Agbada Formation, and a lower shaly unit called the Akata Formation. These three units extend throughout the delta and each ranges in age from early Tertiary to Recent. A separate...
Journal Article
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 February 1978
AAPG Bulletin (1978) 62 (2): 295–300.
...Fig. 5 —Isopach map of Benin Formation, Niger delta, Nigeria. ...
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—Type sections of Akata <span class="search-highlight">Formation</span> and of Afam Clay Member of <span class="search-highlight">Benin</span> Formatio...
Published: 01 May 1967
Fig. 5. —Type sections of Akata Formation and of Afam Clay Member of Benin Formation. Depths in feel Note added in proof: Afam Shale Member shown in Afam-1 well is an error; should read Afam Clay Member.
Journal Article
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 May 1982
AAPG Bulletin (1982) 66 (5): 615–616.
... shales of the Akata Formation prograde over Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous sediments and are overlain by interbedded sands and shale of the Agbada Formation of the deltaic facies proper. The deltaic facies are overlain by the massive freshwater alluvial-plain sands of the Benin Formation...
Journal Article
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 March 1967
AAPG Bulletin (1967) 51 (3): 464.
...E. J. Frankl; E. A. Cordry The Niger delta oil province includes about 40,000 square miles underlain by thick Tertiary deltaic deposits. These have been subdivided into three formations: at the surface, the continental, sandy Benin Formation; the intermediate and transitional Agbada Formation...
Journal Article
Published: 01 July 2012
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2012) 80 (1): 123–128.
... is underlain by the unconsolidated to semi-consolidated coastal Benin Formation. The surface direct current electrical resistivity method was used in the study. Seven Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES) data by the Schlumberger array was acquired in the area. A maximum current electrode spacing (AB) of 1000 m...
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Regional stratigraphy of the Niger Delta Basin showing the three major stra...
Published: 15 June 2020
Figure 2. Regional stratigraphy of the Niger Delta Basin showing the three major stratigraphic units present in the delta (Akata, Agbada, and Benin Formations [Fm]). The question marks note the possible occurrence of an unknown Cretaceous (Cret.) formation. The age of this formation varies
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Reservoir/seal distribution in the Niger Delta: (a) Onshore well illustrati...
Published: 22 July 2016
Figure 2. Reservoir/seal distribution in the Niger Delta: (a) Onshore well illustrating a typical Middle Miocene shallow marine/deltaic succession of the Agbada Formation followed by fluvial and sand-rich Benin Formation, (b) deepwater well illustrating typical Lower to Middle Miocene turbidite
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Interpretation of a regional north-northwest–south-southeast two-dimensiona...
Published: 01 April 2012
domain. The Benin Formation is assumed not seen in this section.
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(A) Regional stratigraphy of the Niger Delta, depicting the three diachrono...
Published: 01 September 2010
Figure 3 (A) Regional stratigraphy of the Niger Delta, depicting the three diachronous lithological units of the Akata, Agbada, and Benin formations (from Corredor et al., 2005 ) originally modified from Lawrence et al. (2002) , used with permission of AAPG. (B) Seismic stratigraphy of a deep
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(a) Regional location map of the study area. The insets show the location o...
Published: 19 April 2018
(modified after Adeogba et al., 2005 ). (b) Regional structure in Niger Delta slope showing that the study area lies in the transitional-compressional zone. Also shown are three regional stratigraphic units, respectively, the Akata, Agbada, and Benin Formations (modified after Deng et al., 2008 ).
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Relationship between seismic facies and well logs. Chaotic seismic facies a...
Published: 01 July 2007
) intervals are associated with chaotic seismic facies and intervals with more vertically variable gamma-ray values associated with intervals of parallel seismic facies. Interval above 1700 ms TWTT image deposits of the fluvial-dominated Benin Formation.
Journal Article
Published: 01 October 2018
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2018) 92 (4): 498–506.
... and Benin formations respectively. The organic matter in the Niger Delta is mainly a mixture of types II and III kerogen ( Bustin, 1988 ). The main palynofacies are structured woody materials, opaque organic matter, cuticles, pollen and spores and minor amorphous organic matter ( Batten, 1982 ; Bustin...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 December 2007
Environmental Geosciences (2007) 14 (4): 181–195.
.... The delta is underlain by a sequence of three layers of clastic Tertiary sediments, from top to bottom: the Benin, Agbada, and Akata formations. The delta is one of the most hydrocarbon-rich regions in the world. Petroleum has been produced over the last three decades from the Agbada Formation by several...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 August 2018
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2018) 92 (2): 215–226.
.... The lithostratigraphy of Niger delta basin consists of Imo, Ameki, Ogwashi and Benin formations inland ( Fig. 2 ). Basinward, the lateral equivalent of these formations in the sub-surface include the Akata, Agbada, and Benin formations while top of Agbada and base of Benin formations correlate to Ogwashi Formation...
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