Geochemical evidence for a Cretaceous oil sand (Bima oil sand) in the Chad Basin, Nigeria


Autoria(s): Bata, Timothy; Parnell, John; Samaila, Nuhu K.; Abubakar, M. B.; Maigari, A. S.
Contribuinte(s)

University of Aberdeen, Geosciences

University of Aberdeen, Geosciences, Geology & Petroleum Geology

University of Aberdeen, Environment and Food Security

University of Aberdeen, Energy

Data(s)

05/08/2016

05/08/2016

01/11/2015

20/11/2001

Resumo

Timothy Bata is thankful to the Petroleum Technology Development Fund of Nigeria (PTDF) (PTDF/E/OSS/PHD/BTP/359/11) for sponsoring his PhD research at the University of Aberdeen, and the management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria, for permitting him to proceed on study leave. We are grateful to Colin Taylor for his help during laboratory work and S. Bowden for advice on the interpretation of the gas chromatographic data.

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8

Identificador

Bata , T , Parnell , J , Samaila , N K , Abubakar , M B & Maigari , A S 2015 , ' Geochemical evidence for a Cretaceous oil sand (Bima oil sand) in the Chad Basin, Nigeria ' Journal of African Earth Sciences , vol 111 , pp. 148–155 . , 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.07.026

1464-343X

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http://hdl.handle.net/2164/6713

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.07.026

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eng

Relação

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Direitos

© 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Palavras-Chave #Bima oil sand #Cretaceous oil sands #Cretaceous marine transgression #Chad Basin #Bima Formation #Biodegradation #QE Geology #QE
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Journal article