Traversing the rift: A review of the evolution of the West and Central African Rift System and its economic potential

N Lenhardt, EJ Omietimi, AJ Edegbai, L Schwark… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cretaceous to recent West and Central African Rift System is a major
geological feature in Africa, extending 4000 km from the west to the east. Its formation is …

Hybrid event bed character and distribution in the context of ancient deep‐lacustrine fan models

TJH Dodd, DJ McCarthy, L Amy… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hybrid event beds are texturally and compositionally‐diverse deposits preserved within
deepwater settings. They are deposited by flows exhibiting 'mixed behaviour', forming …

A depositional model for deep‐lacustrine, partially confined, turbidite fans: Early Cretaceous, North Falkland Basin

TJH Dodd, DJ McCarthy, PC Richards - Sedimentology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a model of facies distribution within a set of early Cretaceous, deep‐
lacustrine, partially confined turbidite fans (Sea Lion Fan, Sea Lion North Fan and Otter Fan) …

Intensified lacustrine turbidite deposition as a response to the Carnian Pluvial Episode: Insights from the Triassic Ordos Basin in North China Plate

P Chen, B Xian, M Li, L Fang, NU Rahman, J Liu… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE) is a period during which the rainfall was
extremely intense and greatly influenced the deposition in different sedimentary …

Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of mudstones from the Lower Cretaceous Prosopis Formation in the Bongor basin, Chad: Implications for provenance …

L Sun, S Wu, D Yue, S Jiang, K Xiao, X Li… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Cretaceous greenhouse represents the largest global warming event since the
Phanerozoic, significantly affecting the provenance, weathering, regional climate, and …

Sedimentary geochemistry of Late Cretaceous-Paleocene deposits at the southwestern margin of the Anambra Basin (Nigeria): Implications for paleoenvironmental …

EJ Omietimi, N Lenhardt, R Yang, AE Götz… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Campano-Maastrichtian deposits of the Nkporo and Mamu formations of the
Anambra Basin represent prospective hydrocarbon resources in southern Nigeria. In order …

Sedimentary characteristics and model of gravity flows in the eocene Liushagang Formation in Weixi'nan depression, South China Sea

Y Zhao, H Wang, D Yan, P Jiang, S Chen… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gravity flows have been well investigated in deep-marine settings but less so in deep-
lacustrine environments. To further understand the sedimentary characteristics and …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the Northern Cameroon Cretaceous rift basins: A study of the Babouri-Figuil and Mayo Oulo-Lere basins

EF Menkem, BN Ngatcha, RN Ngia, C Fuanya… - Geosystems and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Babouri-Figuil and Mayo Oulo-Lere basins located in Northern Cameroon are
small elongated sedimentary asymmetric half-grabens associated with the development of …

Impact of climate-driven base-level on the diagenesis of lacustrine turbidites: Insights from Eocene Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, East China

Q Wu, B Xian, X Gao, Z Yu, P Chen, R Tian… - Sedimentary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Turbidites have been recognized as significant reservoir units in both marine and lacustrine
basins. This study was conducted on the Eocene Dongying Sag (Bohai Bay Basin, East …

[HTML][HTML] Paleosalinity characteristics of the 1st member in the lower cretaceous prosopis formation, Baobab North Sag, Bongor Basin

X Li, K Xiao, L Sun, S Wu, Z Xu, S Jiang… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Paleosalinity is one of the important properties of paleolake water and is crucial for
paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstruction. However, the paleosalinity …