Aeromagnetic anomalies and discordant lineations beneath the Niger Delta - Implications for new fracture zones and multiple sea-floor spreading directions in the 'meso-Atlantic' Gulf of Guinea cul-de-sac

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Jun 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991georl..18.1107b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 18, June 1991, p. 1107-1110.

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Aeromagnetism, Deltas, Magnetic Anomalies, Shallow Water, Tectonics, Guinea, Nigeria

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An aeromagnetic map eliminating data gaps in the Nigerian continental margin is presented, and the implications of the mapped fracture zone structure and the interpretation of two triple junctions beneath the Niger Delta Basin for its early tectonic history are discussed. Sea-floor spreading was found to occur in two different directions, and not only the well-documented NE-SW spreading in the 'meso-Atlantic' ocean. The existence of two triple junctions located where the Niger Delta Basin abuts the southern ends of the Abakaliki and Anambra troughs is shown. The two newly interpreted triple junctions beneath the Niger Delta demonstrate the previously recognized structural complexity of the region, necessitating a review of models for its early tectonic history.

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