Structural Interpretations Inferred from a High Resolution Aeromagnetic (HRAM) Data over Parts of Onshore Niger Delta, Nigeria

Bello Rasaq; Ofoha Chimezie Charles

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Structural Interpretations Inferred from a High Resolution Aeromagnetic (HRAM) Data over Parts of Onshore Niger Delta, Nigeria

Bello Rasaq, Ofoha Chimezie Charles

Published in International Journal of High Energy Physics (Volume 4, Issue 3)

Received: 3 June 2017 Accepted: 29 June 2017 Published: 15 August 2017

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Abstract

Aeromagnetic data acquired by the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) and which covers about 3025 square kilometer of some parts of onshore Niger Delta, Nigeria, was processed and interpreted with the purpose of highlighting the structural lineaments with their corresponding trend patterns and then inferring the effect of the structures as it relates to the hydrocarbon potential and tectonic history of the area using the qualitative approach. Using polynomial fitting of degree two (2), regional - residual separation was carried out on the Composite Total Magnetic Intensity (CTMI) map, lying geographically within longitude 6°30'E-7°0'0''E and latitude 4°30'N-5°0'0'', and this generated the regional and residual maps. Some enhancement techniques applied upon the residual map gave rise to some directional gradient maps that depicted structural lineaments trending in the E - W, NE - SW, NW - SE and N - S directions. These lineaments influence the tectonics of the area and as such created faults and fractures that fostered the migration and entrapment of hydrocarbon, and perhaps mineral, within the area under review.

Published in	International Journal of High Energy Physics (Volume 4, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijhep.20170403.11
Page(s)	23-31
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Lineaments, Polynomial Fitting, Migration, Concealment, Olobiri, Degema

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Bello Rasaq

Department of Physics, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria
Ofoha Chimezie Charles

Department of Physics, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria

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