Major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria
West and Central African Rift System: Benue Trough to the west in Nigeria.
The Benue Trough is a major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria and extending about 1,000 km northeast from the Bight of Benin to Lake Chad. It is part of the broader West and Central African Rift System.[1]
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The BenueTrough is a major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria and extending about 1,000 km northeast from the Bight of Benin to Lake...
by local government councils. Benue State lies within the lower river Benuetrough in the middle belt region of Nigeria. Its geographic coordinates are...
division in Nigeria BenueTrough, a major geological formation in Nigeria Benue–Congo languages, a major language group in Africa SS Benue, a Hansa A type...
African Craton and Congo Craton, and formed about the same time as the BenueTrough. It covers an area of about 2,335,000 square kilometres (902,000 sq mi)...
Nigeria to the north of the Yola arm of the BenueTrough, and the Jos Plateau to the west of the BenueTrough. There are varying theories for the similarities...
region. The eastern border is less precise, with some placing it at the BenueTrough, and others on a line running from Mount Cameroon to Lake Chad. Colonial...
orogens Terra Australis Orogen Rifts Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift BenueTrough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu...
lack of palaeo-magnetic data, but rifting occurred in Nigeria at the BenueTrough c. 118 Ma. North of the Equator the rifting began after 120.4 Ma and...
central segment rifting started to break Africa in two by opening the BenueTrough around 118 Ma. Rifting in the central segment, however, coincided with...
Basin is situated west of the lower BenueTrough and is often considered the youngest formation of the BenueTrough. The basin is bounded to the south...
Gulf of Guinea, from where it continued to the west. The NE-trending BenueTrough is the failed arm of this junction. In the years since, the term triple-junction...
geology of the Upper BenueTrough, and the hydrogeology of parts of Bauchi State. The stratigraphic succession the upper BenueTrough consists of folded...
mine, in 1841. In Africa, lead mining and smelting were known in the BenueTrough and the lower Congo Basin, where lead was used for trade with Europeans...
owing to its negative peak-to-trough difference, and is compared with the positive anomalies observed at the BenueTrough and Congo Basin where Lower Cambrian...
deep-sea basins located on conjugated margins of ancient rift axes. The BenueTrough in Nigeria, formed as part of the Early Cretaceous rifting that predated...
escarpment and not a hill. Enugu is located in the Cross River basin and the Benuetrough and has the best developed coal in this area. Precambrian basement rock...
Anza trough – Rift in Kenya that was formed in the Jurassic Period Bahr el Arab rift – Major geological feature in the southwest Sudan BenueTrough – Major...
tropical West Africa, however copper and lead workings have been in the BenueTrough in southeastern Nigeria. With the exception of a few areas near Kilembe...
Complex Sulphide Ore of Pb-Zn-Cu-Ba in Abuni-Adudu areas of the Middle BenueTrough, Nigeria". African Scientific Reports: 107. doi:10.46481/asr.2023.2.2...
the eastern part of the Niger Delta on the oceanward extension of the BenueTrough. The inland part of the state consists of tropical rainforest, and towards...
The Keta Basin Aquifers, shared by Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. The BenueTrough, shared by Cameroon and Nigeria The Rio Del Rey Basin, shared by Cameroon...
Central African Shear Zone, which cuts through the Adamawa Uplift. The BenueTrough is a major tectonic feature in the north of Cameroon. Virtually all groundwater...
region. The eastern border is less precise, with some placing it at the BenueTrough, and others on a boundary line spanning from Mount Cameroon to Lake Chad...
orogens Terra Australis Orogen Rifts Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift BenueTrough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu...
orogens Terra Australis Orogen Rifts Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift BenueTrough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu...
orogens Terra Australis Orogen Rifts Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift BenueTrough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu...
CASZ cuts across the Adamawa uplift, a post-Cretaeous formation. The BenueTrough lies to the north, and the Foumban Shear Zone to the south. Volcanic...
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