Strain has been analyzed from the metamorphic spots within deformed schist and phyllite in the Igarra schist belt, southwestern Nigeria. Strain magnitudes were obtained by using the graph of length against width of spots, Harmonic mean (H), and the Rf/ø technique. The values of s...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/30937
Ekori and adjoining areas is located in western part of the Ikom – Mamfe embayment. Sedimentary rocks such as sandstones, limestone, shale and few mudstones make up the sedimentary units in this area while intrusive bodies like dolerite sills and gabbro plutons constitutes the ig...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2016/30077
The schist enclaves of Oban massif, southeastern Nigeria were deformed predominantly by brittle deformation and contain a plethora of fractures such as joints and conjugate shear fractures. Analysis of the conjugate shear fractures using stereographic projection technique and sta...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2017/28643
The schist enclaves in Oban massif, south-eastern Nigeria are deformed predominantly in a brittle manner and contain a superfluity of mesoscopic structural features such as joints, conjugate shear fractures, foliation planes and mineral veins. The analysis of these structural ele...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2016/30076
Three lithosections of Benin Formation located along Lemna – Parlimentary Road Transect in Calabar, consisting of clay, gray shale intercalated with peat, mudstone , medium to coarse grained sandstones and pebbly sandstones were studied stratigraphically with a view to discern...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2016/30942