International Journal of Human Resource & Industrial Research

International Journal of Human Resource & Industrial Research

Print ISSN : 2349–4816

Online ISSN : 2349–3593

Frequency : Monthly

Current Issue : Volume 4 , Issue 3
2017

PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION OF THE CAMPANIAN IN ENUGU SHALE OUTCROPING ALONG ENUGU –ONITSHA EXPRESS ROAD

*Ugwueze, Charles , **Ihunda, Chigozi Eze, ***Adiela, U.P

*&**Department of Geology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria,   **Department of  Petroleum Engineering, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, Port Harcourt, Nigeria,

DOI : Page No : 01-09

Published Online : 2017-03-30

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ABSTRACT

 Paleoenvironment analysis of the Campanian in Enugu Shale analyses had been  carried out. The analysis aim to determine the age of the rock and paleoenvironment of deposition using diagnostic species of foraminifera recovered from the exposure include: Haplophragmoides sp, Ammabaculites sp, Quinqueloculina, , Miliammian fusca, and Ostracod, and also shell fragment . The Enugu Shale is an indication of decrease in sea level with high abundance of foraminifera which suggest a tidal to supertidal marine foreshore depositional environment.

Keyword: Foraminifera, Paleoenvironment, Biostartigraphy