PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION AND AGE
DETERMINATION OF SEDIMENTS FROM SHEET 288 BENIN FLANK OF NIGER DELTA SEDIMENTARY BASIN, NIGERIA.
OMOROGIEVA, O. M. AND AKOMA, O. C.
ABSTRACT
A palynological study was carried out to elucidate the presence of pollen and spores and other microscopic sized structures to reconstruct ancient environment of deposition and determine the age of sediments obtained from sheet 288 Benin Flank of Niger Delta Sedimentary Basin, Nigeria. Nineteen (19) core samples were collected at interval of 3m from a section of a well ranged 605 – 663 metres depth and fifty Seven (57) metres thick. The samples…