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First discovery of oil shale in the Benue Trough, Nigeria

✍ Scribed by Chukwuemeka M. Ekweozor; George I. Unomah


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
650 KB
Volume
69
Category
Article
ISSN
0016-2361

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✦ Synopsis


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Fresh and unweathered rocks were collected from 'black shale' exposures in Lokpanta village in Imo State, southeastern Nigeria (Figures and). One outcrop


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