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    The Benue Trough is a major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria and extending about 1,000 km northeast from the Bight of Benin to Lake...
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    by local government councils. Benue State lies within the lower river Benue trough in the middle belt region of Nigeria. Its geographic coordinates are...
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  • division in Nigeria Benue Trough, a major geological formation in Nigeria Benue–Congo languages, a major language group in Africa SS Benue, a Hansa A type...
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    oceanic troughs on the ocean floors. Benue Trough Cayman Trough Hesperides Trough Kings Trough Mariana Trough Nankai Trough Northumberland Trough Okinawa...
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    African Craton and Congo Craton, and formed about the same time as the Benue Trough. It covers an area of about 2,335,000 square kilometres (902,000 sq mi)...
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    Nigeria to the north of the Yola arm of the Benue Trough, and the Jos Plateau to the west of the Benue Trough. There are varying theories for the similarities...
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  • Basin is situated west of the lower Benue Trough and is often considered the youngest formation of the Benue Trough. The basin is bounded to the south...
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    Gulf of Guinea, from where it continued to the west. The NE-trending Benue Trough is the failed arm of this junction. In the years since, the term triple-junction...
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    lies in the south westernmost part of a larger tectonic structure, the Benue Trough. The other side of the basin is bounded by the Cameroon Volcanic Line...
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    lack of palaeo-magnetic data, but rifting occurred in Nigeria at the Benue Trough c. 118 Ma. North of the Equator the rifting began after 120.4 Ma and...
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    orogens Terra Australis Orogen Rifts Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift Benue Trough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu...
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  • depositional environments of Cretaceous coals and coal measures in the Middle Benue Trough of Nigeria, NG Obaje, B Ligouis, SI Abaa International journal of coal...
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    region. The eastern border is less precise, with some placing it at the Benue Trough, and others on a line running from Mount Cameroon to Lake Chad. Colonial...
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    central segment rifting started to break Africa in two by opening the Benue Trough around 118 Ma. Rifting in the central segment, however, coincided with...
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    mine, in 1841. In Africa, lead mining and smelting were known in the Benue Trough and the lower Congo Basin, where lead was used for trade with Europeans...
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    geology of the Upper Benue Trough, and the hydrogeology of parts of Bauchi State. The stratigraphic succession the upper Benue Trough consists of folded...
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  • Complex Sulphide Ore of Pb-Zn-Cu-Ba in Abuni-Adudu areas of the Middle Benue Trough, Nigeria". African Scientific Reports: 107. doi:10.46481/asr.2023.2.2...
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    owing to its negative peak-to-trough difference, and is compared with the positive anomalies observed at the Benue Trough and Congo Basin where Lower Cambrian...
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  • deep-sea basins located on conjugated margins of ancient rift axes. The Benue Trough in Nigeria, formed as part of the Early Cretaceous rifting that predated...
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    tropical West Africa, however copper and lead workings have been in the Benue Trough in southeastern Nigeria. With the exception of a few areas near Kilembe...
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  • Anza trough – Rift in Kenya that was formed in the Jurassic Period Bahr el Arab rift – Major geological feature in the southwest Sudan Benue Trough – Major...
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    escarpment and not a hill. Enugu is located in the Cross River basin and the Benue trough and has the best developed coal in this area. Precambrian basement rock...
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    the eastern part of the Niger Delta on the oceanward extension of the Benue Trough. The inland part of the state consists of tropical rainforest, and towards...
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  • The Keta Basin Aquifers, shared by Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. The Benue Trough, shared by Cameroon and Nigeria The Rio Del Rey Basin, shared by Cameroon...
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    region. The eastern border is less precise, with some placing it at the Benue Trough, and others on a boundary line spanning from Mount Cameroon to Lake Chad...
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    orogens Terra Australis Orogen Rifts Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift Benue Trough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu...
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  • orogens Terra Australis Orogen Rifts Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift Benue Trough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu...
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    orogens Terra Australis Orogen Rifts Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift Benue Trough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu...
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    CASZ cuts across the Adamawa uplift, a post-Cretaeous formation. The Benue Trough lies to the north, and the Foumban Shear Zone to the south. Volcanic...
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  • Central African Shear Zone, which cuts through the Adamawa Uplift. The Benue Trough is a major tectonic feature in the north of Cameroon. Virtually all groundwater...
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