Mineralogy and geochemistry of the sandstone facies of Campanian Lokoja formation in the Southern Bida basin, Nigeria: implications for provenance and weathering history

The upper Cretaceous Lokoja Formation is the earliest deposited stratigraphic unit in the intracratonic Bida Basin, Nigeria. It consists predominantly of sandstone and offers a potential hydrocarbon reservoir in the basin. In this study, we investigated the bulk elemental (major, trace and rare eart...

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Main Authors: Olusola J. Ojo, Suraju A. Adepoju, Ayodeji Awe, Moses O. Adeoye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021026670