The Eastern Nigeria terrane belongs to the 3000 km-long Trans-Saharan belt which was
formed in the Neoproterozoic, between 750 and 500 Ma by continental collision between the …

Three Pan-African hypersthene-bearing monzogranitic and quartz–monzonitic plutons from
the Eastern terrane of Nigeria have been investigated in detail. New major, trace and REE …

Radiometric ages in the Nigerian basement cluster around 3.5, 3.1− 3.0, 2.7− 2.5, 2.1− 1.8
and 0.6 Ga. However, not all these ages correspond to times of crust formation. There are …

We report a combined study of whole-rock major-and trace-element geochemistry, Smsingle
bond Nd isotope composition, zircon U/Pb dating, and Lu single bond Hf systematics of …

Structural, geochronological, geochemical and mineralization patterns in the Nigeria–
Borborema province of western Africa and NE Brazil reflect a complex Proterozoic evolution …

This paper presents new petrostructural data and a detailed geological map of the Ife-Ilesha
area, a classical schist belt in southwest Nigeria. The overall syn-metamorphic flat-lying …

The Minna area of western Nigeria lies within a Pan-African orogenic belt that extends along
the margin of the West African Craton, from Algeria southwards through Nigeria, Benin and …

Abstract The Benue-Trough stretching about 800–1000 km with a width ranging between
100 and 150 km, is a megarift structure whose origin was related to the opening of the south …

viii debate of those earlier days has been beautifully summarized by HH Read in his
famous" Granite Controversy"(1957). Read's formulation of the controversy occurred at the …

We present a combined Sr, Nd, Pb and Os isotope study of lavas and associated genetically
related megacrysts from the Biu and Jos Plateaux, northern Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL) …