Sedimentology and depositional environments of the Maastrichtian Patti Formation, southeastern Bida Basin, Nigeria

Abed, 1982, Depositional environment of the Early Cretaceous Kurnub (Hathira) sandstone, North Jordan, Sedimentary Geolology, 31, 267, 10.1016/0037-0738(82)90061-6 Abimbola, 1999, The Agbaja Ironstone Formation, Nupe Basin, Nigeria. A product of replacement of a Kaolinite precursor, Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 5, 375 Adeleye, 1972, Stratigraphy of the Niger embayment, near Bida, Nigeria, 181 Adeleye, 1973, Origin of ironstones, an example from the Middle Niger valley, Nigeria, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 43, 709, 10.1306/74D7284C-2B21-11D7-8648000102C1865D Adeleye, 1974, Sedimentology of the fluvial Bida Sandstones (Cretaceous) Nigeria, Sedimentary Geology, 12, 1, 10.1016/0037-0738(74)90013-X Agyingi, C.M., 1991. Geology of upper Cretaceous rocks in the eastern Bida Basin, Central Nigeria. Unpublished Ph.D Thesis, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 501 pp. Agyingi, 1993, Palynological evidence for a late Cretaceous age for Patti Formation, Eastern Bida Basin, Nigeria, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 17, 513, 10.1016/0899-5362(93)90008-E Akande, 2005 Akande, 2005, Paleoenvironments, Organic Petrology and Rock Eval studies on source rock facies of the Campanian to Maastrichtian Patti Formation, southern Bida Basin, Nigeria, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 41, 394, 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.07.006 Amaral, 1977, Depositional environment of St. Peter Sandstone deduced by textural analysis, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 42, 425 Amireh, 1997, Sedimentology and Paleogeography of the regressive – transgressive Kurnub Group (Early Cretaceous) of Jordan, Sedimentary Geology, 112, 69, 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00024-9 Braide, 1992, Geological development, origin and energy mineral resources potential of the Lokoja Formation in the southern Bida Basin, Journal of Mining and Geology, 28, 33 Bridge, 1983, Quantitative interpretation of an evolving ancient river system, Sedimentology, 30, 599, 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1983.tb00698.x Castle, 2001, Foreland-basin sequence response to collisional tectonism, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 113, 801, 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0801:FBSRTC>2.0.CO;2 Castle, 2004, Petrophysics of lower Silurian sandstones and integration with the tectonic-stratigraphic framework of Appalachian basin, United states, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 89, 41, 10.1306/08170404028 Colguhoun, 1995, Siliciclastic sedimentation on a storm and tide- influenced shelf and shoreline: the Early Devonian Roxbourgh formation, NE Lacthan fold belt; Southeastern Australia, Sedimentary Geolology, 97, 69, 10.1016/0037-0738(94)00142-H DeCelles, 1987, Variable preservation of middle Tertiary coarse-grained, nearshore to outershelf storm deposits in southern California, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 57, 250 DeCelles, 1992, Constraints on the formation of Pliocene hummocky cross-stratification in Calabria (southern Italy) from consideration of hydraulic and dispersive, equivalence, grain-flow theory and suspended-load fallout rate, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 93, 663 Elliott, 1981, Ripple, mega-ripple and sandwave bedforms in the macrotidal Loughor Estuary, South Wales. U.K, Special Publications of the International Association of Sedimentologists, 5, 51 Falconer, 1911 Friedman, 1961, Distinction between dune, beach and river sands from their textural characteristics, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 31, 514 Friedman, 1979, Difference in size distribution of populations of particles among sands of various origins, Sedimentology, 20, 3, 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1979.tb00336.x Howard, 1972, Trace fossils as criteria for recognizing shorelines in stratigraphic record, 161, 215 Idowu, 1992, Petroleum geochemistry of some late Cretaceous shale from the Lokoja Sandstone of Middle Niger Basin, Nigeria, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 14, 443, 10.1016/0899-5362(92)90047-G Jan du Chene, 1978, Palynology and foraminifera of the Lokoja Sandstone (Maastrichtian), Bida Basin, Nigeria, Revista Espanola de Micropaleontotologia, 10, 379 Jones, 1958, The oolitic ironstone of Agbaja Plateau, Kabba Province, Record of the Geological Survey of Nigeria, 20 Kennedy, W.Q., 1965. The influence of basement structure on the evolution of the coastal (Mesozoic and Tertiary) basins. In: Recent Basins around Africa. Proceedings of the Institute of Petroleum Geologists Society, London. pp. 35–47. King, 1950, Outline and distribution of Gondwanaland, Geological Magazine, 87, 353, 10.1017/S0016756800077311 Klein, 1970, Depositional and dispersal dynamics of intertidal sand bar, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 40, 973 Kogbe, 1981, Confirmation of rift structure along the middle- Niger Valley, Nigeria, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 1, 127, 10.1016/0899-5362(83)90004-0 Ladipo, 1986, Tidal shelf depositional model for the Ajali Sandstone, Anambra Basin southern Nigeria, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 5, 177, 10.1016/0899-5362(86)90008-4 Ladipo, 1988, Paleogeography, sedimentation and tectonics of the upper Cretaceous Anambra Basin, south-eastern Nigeria, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 7, 865, 10.1016/0899-5362(88)90029-2 Ladipo, 1994, Genesis of ironstrones from middle Niger Sedimentary basin, evidence from sedimentological, ore microscope and geochemical studies, Journal of Mining and Geology, 30, 161 Mebradu, 1986, Palynostratigraphy of the Ahoko sediments from the Nupe Basin, N.W. Nigeria, Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, 48, 303, 10.1016/0034-6667(86)90064-3 Miall, 1990 Mucke, 1999, Petrographic – mechanical studies and origin of Agbaja Phanerozoic ironstone formation, Nupe Basin, Nigeria: a product of a ferruginised ooidal kaolin precursor not identical to the Minette type, Mineralium Deposita, 34, 284, 10.1007/s001260050204 Ojo, 2003, Facies relationships and depositional environments of the Upper Cretaceous Lokoja Formation in the Bida Basin, Nigeria, Journal of Mining and Geology, 39, 39, 10.4314/jmg.v39i1.18789 Ojo, 2006, Sedimentological and palynological studies of the Patti Formation, southeastern Bida Basin, Nigeria: implication for Paleoenvironments and paleogeography, Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists Bulletin, 19, 61 Ojo, 2008, Microfloral assemblage and palaeoenvironment of the Upper Cretaceous Patti Formation, southeastern Bida Basin, Nigeria, Journal of Mining and Geology, 44, 71, 10.4314/jmg.v44i1.18885 Ojo, 1989, Preliminary interpretation of gravity measurements in the middle Níger Basin are, Nigeria, 347 Okoro, 1995, Petrology and depositional history of the sandstone facies of the Nkporo Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) in Leru area, southeastern, Nigeria, Journal of Mining and Geology, 31, 105 Olaniyan, 1996, Facies analysis of the Bida sandstone formation around Kajita, Nupe Basin, Nigeria, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 23, 253, 10.1016/S0899-5362(96)00066-8 Olugbemiro, 1997, Grain size distribution and particle morphogenesis as signatures of depositional environments of Cretaceous (Non-ferruginous) facies in the Bida Basin, Nigeria, Journal of Mining and Geology, 33, 89 Reijers, 1996 Russ, W., 1930. The Minna-Birnin Gwarri belt: reports of the Geological survey of Nigeria, pp. 10–14. Salami, 1990, “Palynomorph taxa from the lower coal Measures” deposits (Campanian – Maastrichtian of Anambra Trough, southeastern Nigeria, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 11, 135, 10.1016/0899-5362(90)90084-R Selley, 1985 Solohub, 1970, Evaluation of grain size parameters in lacustrine environments, Journal of Sedimentary Petrolology, 40, 81 Taylor, D.R., Lovell, R.W.W., 1991. Recognition of high-frequency sequences in the Kenilworth member of the Blackhawk Formation, Book Cliffs, Utah. In: Van Wangoner, J.C., Nummedal, D., Jones, C.R., Taylor, D.R., Jennette, D.C., Riley, G.W. (Eds.), Sequence Stratigraphy Applications to Shelf Sandstone Reservoirs, AAPG Field Conference, September 21–28, 1991, pp. 1–8. Tucker, 1988 Udensi, 2004, Spectra determination of depths to to magnetic rocks under the Nupe Basin, Nigeria, Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists Bulletin, 17, 22 Umeji, 2002, Mid-Tertiary (late Eocene – early Miocene) lignites from Mpu Formation, Abakaliki Basin, Southeastern Nigeria, Journal of Mining and Geology, 38, 111, 10.4314/jmg.v38i2.18781 Visher, 1969, Grain size distributions and depositional processes, Journal Sedimentary Petrology, 39, 1074 Walker, 1990, Facies modeling and sequence stratigraphy, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 60, 777, 10.1306/212F926E-2B24-11D7-8648000102C1865D Whiteman, 1982, vol. 1 and 2