The sedimentary and tectonic features of the Niger Delta

doi:10.18654/1000-0569/2019.04.17

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	The sedimentary and tectonic features of the Niger Delta
	Su YuShan 1; Wang Tong 1; Li Cheng 2; Zhang GuangYa 3; Zhao Yan 4; Li YueJun 5; Zhao Wei 1; Zhao TianYu 4
刊名	ACTA PETROLOGICA SINICA
	2019
卷号	35 期号:4 页码:1238-1256
关键词	Niger Delta Prograded delta Gravity-gliding tectonics Shale tectonics Benue-Niger river system Eastern Atlantic passive continental margin Central African Rift System West African Rift System Breakup of the Gondwana
ISSN号	1000-0569
DOI	10.18654/1000-0569/2019.04.17
英文摘要	The Niger Delta, one of the largest delta in the world, is located on the eastern passive continental margin of the Atlantic Ocean. It was formed during the Niger River entering the Atlantic Ocean. The main part of the delta lies on the Atlantic oceanic crust, and the minor part on the African pre-Cambrian basement. The Central and West African Rift Systems indirectly control the formation of the Niger Delta through controlling the distribution and development of the Benue-Niger river system. It is a prograded delta with typical prograding sequence, i.e., regressive sequence. The prograding sequence is constituted with the marine shale (Akata Formation), paralic sand and shale (Agbada Formation) and continental alluvial sands (Benin Formation) from the bottom to the top. These three lithostratigraphic units are diachronous. All of them are younger seaward. There is a large scale gravity gliding tectonics. The main detachment fault lies in the Akata marine shale. The gravity tectonics can be divided into the front compressional deformation province and the trail extensional deformation province. The front compressional deformation formed a fold-thrust belt. The trail extensional deformation formed horst-graben structures. The detachment folds are well developed in the transitional zone between these two deformation provinces. Accompanied with the gravity-gliding tectonics, shale tectonics are widely developed in the Niger Delta. There is possibly some formation-relation between the gravity-gliding tectonics and the Cenozoic volcanic activities of the Cameroon volcanic line.
WOS关键词	THRUST BELT ; EVOLUTION ; AFRICA
WOS研究方向	Geology
语种	英语
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000471124100017
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/92504]
专题	地质与地球物理研究所_岩石圈演化国家重点实验室
通讯作者	Su YuShan
作者单位	1.SINOPEC, Res Inst Petr Explorat & Prod, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 2.Kyung Hee Univ, Dept Geog, Seoul 02447, South Korea 3.PetroChina Res Inst Petr Explorat & Dev RIPED, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 4.Kexin Petr Sci & Technol Serv Co Ltd, Korla 841000, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, State Key Lab Lithospher Evolut, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Su YuShan,Wang Tong,Li Cheng,et al. The sedimentary and tectonic features of the Niger Delta[J]. ACTA PETROLOGICA SINICA,2019,35(4):1238-1256.
APA	Su YuShan.,Wang Tong.,Li Cheng.,Zhang GuangYa.,Zhao Yan.,...&Zhao TianYu.(2019).The sedimentary and tectonic features of the Niger Delta.ACTA PETROLOGICA SINICA,35(4),1238-1256.
MLA	Su YuShan,et al."The sedimentary and tectonic features of the Niger Delta".ACTA PETROLOGICA SINICA 35.4(2019):1238-1256.