List of some of the important criteria that could be used, ranging from more descriptive at the top of the list to more genetic at the bottom of the list. Geology and total petroleum systems of the westcentral coastal province 7203, west africa by michael e. The sedimentary basins of africa are largely of two types, sag basins, and failed rifts clifford. Some of the sag basins, such as the karoo, are clearly syndepositional in. Hydrocarbon potential of two coastal basins cameroon. Piggyback basins thrustfold belts oceanic transitiona continental oceanic continental convergence di vergence flexural flexural con vergence. The thick mesozoic sedimentary succession of the basin comprises sediments ranging from fluviolacustrine to deep marine origin. Sedimentary basins of africa introduction and acknowledgements. Examples of intracratonic basins are present throughout the northern africa continent, including areas in sudan and libya, as well as egypt. Sedimentary basins are regions of earth of longterm subsidence creating accommodation space for infilling by sediments. African basins, volume 3 sedimentary basins of the world. Groundwater assessment in sedimentary basins of eastern.
Robertson basins and plays tellus sedimentary basins. Some of the sag basins, such as the karoo, are clearly syndepositional in origin, with clear evidence that subsidence was coeval with and exerted a strong control on sedimentation. Intracratonic basins form within stable continental interiors. Dingle south african museum, box 61, cape town, rsa the 1800 km divergent continental margin off southwestern africa lies between two major orthogonal crustal lineaments. The three sedimentary basins in nigeria are underlain by continental crust except in the niger delta, where the basement rock is interpreted to be oceanic crust. May 14, 2016 sedimentary basins are regions of the earth of long term subsidence creating accommodation space for infilling by sediment. Robertson basins and plays tellus sedimentary basins of. Both the orange and outeniqua basins have been extensively investigated for hydrocarbon reservoirs, with.
They used corrected bottom hole temperature bht data measured in oil exploration wells drilled in niger delta and anambra basins. At their largest, sedimentary basins can be hundreds to thousands of kilometers in horizontal dimensions and contain more than 10 15 m 3 of buried materials. Other articles where sedimentary basin is discussed. In the early cretaceous 125 ma, northern south america and southern west africa started to rift and small basins opened as the thick continental crust was stretched and thinned brownfield and charpentier, 2006. The frequency of such droughts range between 4 and 7 year intervals cf. Sedimentary basin development continued with the formation of the ghanzichobe basin that consists of a linear belt of volcano sedimentary sequences in northwestern botswana 8. Preliminary catalog of the sedimentary basins of the. Sedimentary basins and petroleum geology of the middle. In cameroon, there are two main types of sedimentary basins, which belong to three active african petroleum systems, namely, niger delta, west african salt basins and southern and central africa rifts. Sedimentary basins range in size from as small as hundreds of meters to large parts of ocean.
These younger rift basins are a part of the ns main east african rift system figs. Subsidence along a passive margin, mostly due to longterm accumulation of sediments on the. Basement geology in the sedimentary basins of nigeria akpo a. Geology and total petroleum systems of the westcentral coastal province 7203, west africa. Following on from the first 2 books in the series, sedimentary basins of the world, which covered chinese sedimentary basins volume 1 and south pacific sedimentary basins volume 2, comes volume 3, on african basins. Africa covers a larger land area than the usa, europe, india and. Sedimentary basins in india india has 26 sedimentary basins covering an area of 3. Sedimentary basins and petroleum geology of the middle east.
Groundwater assessment in sedimentary basins of eastern kenya. The break up of gondwana and the final separation of south america and africa resulted in the formation of sedimentary basins along the coast of west africa. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Tectonic evolution and hydrocarbon distribution of basins in. Tectonic evolution and hydrocarbon distribution of basins. The major short coming is lack of adequate hydrometeorological data in the study area. Sedimentary basins are regions of the earth of long term subsidence creating accommodation space for infilling by sediment. The subsidence can result from a variety of causes that include. Some of the sag basins, such as the karoo, are clearly syndepositional in origin, with clear evidence that subsidence was coeval with, and exerted a strong control on, sedimentation chapter 12. Examples of a smaller intracratonic basins are the proterozoic athabasca basin in saskatchewan and the mesozoic bowser basin in northwestern bc. Sedimentary basins of africa part of the geology of africa pages in category sedimentary basins of africa the following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. Geologic and tectonic setting of the doualakribicampo dkc and rio del rey rdr sedimentary basins the geological history of coastal sedimentary basins figure 1 begins in the early cretaceous by the breakout marking the separation of south america and africa figure 2. For artificial basins to trap sediment, see sediment basin. Sedimentary basins societe nationale des hydrocarbures.
Sedimentary basins subside primarily owing to 1 attenuation of crust as a result of stretching and erosion, 2 contraction of lithosphere during cooling, and 3 depression of lithosphere by sedimentary and tectonic loads. Thats fairly easy to do for modern basins, but its rather difficult to do for ancient basins. One hundred fortyfour sedimentary basins or groups of basins in the united states both onshore and offshore are identified, located, and briefly described as part of a geographic information system gis data base in support of the geologic carbon dioxide sequestration national assessment project brennan and others, 2010. Map of the major sedimentary basins of central and west africa. Sedimentary basins and petroleum geology of the middle east name author. Slightly less than half of the worlds proven reserves are located in the middle east including iran but not north africa. The whole sedimentary sequence reaches 2,000 meters in thickness. Sedimentary basins are classified by tectonic and, specifically, platetectonic setting. Cratonic basins convergence related basins strikeslip basins.
Purchase sedimentary basins and petroleum geology of the middle east 1st edition. Petroleum is not distributed evenly around the world. The mekele basin has an aerial coverage of about 8,000 square kilometers and is located in the northern part of the country. Robertson basins and plays tellus sedimentary basins of the world map aapg datapages and the gis publications committee wish to thank robertson a cgg company for allowing the robertson sedimentary basins of the world map to be posted on datapages gis open files page, thereby making it available to the public as a free download. Geology and total petroleum systems of the westcentral. In the deepwater beyond the 200m isobath, the sedimentary area has been estimated to be about 1.
Several studies show a close relationship between sedimentary pattern and larger structural elements of the earth continents are formed by different tectonic processess and related magmatism. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Older sedimentary deposits were not preserved, probably because during the paleozoic early mesozoic, what is now nigeria was a broad regional basement uplift, with no major basin subsi. The petroleum geology and prospectivity of the neo. Selley 3 introduction 3 precambrian basement and infracambrian sediments. Sedimentary rocks and sedimentary basins reading stanley, s. Sedimentary basins range in size from as small as hundreds of meters to large parts of ocean basins. The saltpond basin is a paleozoic wrench modified pullapart basin centrally located between the tanocape three points and accraketa basins. Tectonics of sedimentary basins article pdf available in geological society of america bulletin 10011. Download sedimentary basins ebook in pdf, epub, mobi. The sedimentary basins of india, onland and offshore up to the 200m isobath, have an areal extent of about 1.
Geol201 sedimentary basins vancouver island university. Chinese sedimentary basins download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Sediments in the basin were deposited in nonmarine to coastal marine environments, and ranges in age from ordovician to cretaceous. The first two processes dominate in most divergent settings. Sedimentary basins are an important source of groundwater within australia. Click download or read online button to get chinese sedimentary basins book now. Chinese sedimentary basins download ebook pdf, epub. Earth systems history on ecampus sedimentary rocks intro origin of sedimentary rocks clastic rocks carbonate sedimentary rocks interpreting sedimentary rocks environment of. Pages in category sedimentary basins of africa the following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. The sedimentary basins of africa are largely of two types, sag basins, and failed rifts clifford 1986. Classification of sedimentary basins learning geology. On this are superimposed sedimentary basins of diverse age and. Rift basins dont necessarily result in continental rifting.
Tectonics is needed to make sedimentary basins, but the record of the basin itself. Known as sedimentary basins, these features come in many shapes and sizes. The essential element of the concept is tectonic creation of relief, to. Sedimentary basins and petroleum geology pdf download, jamie oliver goli kuhar pdf download 1cc1596b1f sedimentary basins ofindia search results read books online free. Some of the sag basins, such as the karoo, are clearly syn. Basement geology in the sedimentary basins of nigeria. Structural and sedimentary development of the continental. The sedimentary basins of africa are largely of two types, sag basins and failed rifts. This forward model includes potentially important effects such as flexural rigidity and the two. In nigeria, the dominant type of basement rock intersected by wells drilled for hydrocarbons, limestone, or water is granite. Executive summary the dynamics of sedimentary basins the. Canadian border, into which large volumes of clastic sediment that is, sediment of predominantly clay, silt, and sand sizes were deposited.
Following the middle east are canada and the united states, latin america, africa, and the region made up of russia, kazakhstan, and other countries that were once. The wealth of petroleum has made the middle east one of the most actively explored. Many such basins contain extensive multilayered aquifer systems consisting of permeable sediments laid down at various times in the past. Geology and mineral resources of west africa springerlink. Distribution map of sedimentary basin types in africa modified after hemsted t 9 types of basins. Wikimedia commons has media related to sedimentary basins of africa. The challenges of basin research are to understand why sedimentary basins formed where they have and subsided when they did, to characterize the properties of basins and their fill, and to identify the processes that have modified basin materials and their contained fluids. A good example is the western canada sedimentary basin extending from the eastern side of the rocky mountains to central manitoba.
North africa chapter 1 the sedimentary basins of northwest africa. Executive summary the dynamics of sedimentary basins. The selection is a dependable reference for readers interested in the study of. The downdropped basin formed during rifting because of stretching and thinning of the continental crust. Essentially the african continent is a complex craton of largely. Sedimentary basins and petroleum geology pdf download. An older and a younger group of sedimentary basins can be distinguished in west africa, and the basins are of two main kinds. Some well known sedimentary basins include the great artesian basin, the murray basin and the officer basin. It is also defined as, a low lying areadepression where sediments can be deposit is called sedimentary basin. Older sedimentary deposits were not preserved, probably because during the paleozoic early mesozoic, what is now nigeria was a broad regional basement uplift, with no major basin subsi dence for sediment accumulation. Sedimentary basins also available for read online in mobile and kindle.
They are pervasive on earth and form in response to complex geologic processes. Evolution of sedimentary basins is spatially related to continental evolution and global tectonic processes. Sedimentary basins of ethiopia geology of ethiopia. Such sediments would have been derived by erosion of high plateaus. Geophysics for sedimentary basins top results of your surfing geophysics for sedimentary basins start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader.
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