Foraminiferal biostratigrpahy of oshi-13 field, coastal and central swamp depobelt, Niger delta basin, Nigeria

  • Authors

    • J R. Nimnu Wesley University of Science and Technology, Ondo State, Nigeria
    • G O Aigbadon Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka
    • F Ogbikaya
    2018-05-30
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijag.v6i1.10907
  • Benthics, Planktic Foraminiferal, Biostratigraphy

  • Abstract

    A high resolution Foraminiferal biostratigrpahic study has been carried out using data from three wells located in the Coastal and Central Swamp depobelts of Niger Delta.

    The study defined six (N6-N15) Foraminiferal zones for the early to middle Miocene Niger Delta on the basis of index Foraminiferal and this was correlated to Blow, 1969 and Bergreen et al., 1995. Foraminiferal analysis shows that Oshi-13

    Field is very rich in calcareous and araneceous benthics, calcareous and planktic foraminiferal. The abudance of fossils and index fossils are responsible for constructing the biostratigraphic chart and hydrocarbon saturation in the field. The biostratigraphy chart constructed act as a basis in establishing the ages of sediments/ sequence in the  studied field.

     

     

     

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    R. Nimnu, J., O Aigbadon, G., & Ogbikaya, F. (2018). Foraminiferal biostratigrpahy of oshi-13 field, coastal and central swamp depobelt, Niger delta basin, Nigeria. International Journal of Advanced Geosciences, 6(1), 127-132. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijag.v6i1.10907

    Received date: 2018-04-02

    Accepted date: 2018-05-19

    Published date: 2018-05-30