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Evidence of some tectonic events in the Koton Karifi area, N | 15663
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Evidence of some tectonic events in the Koton Karifi area, Nigeria, from aeromagnetic studies

Abstract

Abdulsalam N. N., Mallam A. and Likkason O. K.

Total field aeromagnetic anomaly data obtained for the Koton-Karifi area, Nigeria were used for the present study. The original data were part of the aeromagnetic map of the total magnetic field intensity in half-degree sheet acquired from the Nigerian Geological survey Agency (NGSA). The superimposed ground – levelled aeromagnetic anomaly map on the geology of the area suggests a NE-SW fault line, marking a boundary between the migmatites and granitoids. It is therefore suggested that the metamorphic phase change at this boundary was a major tectonic event in the area.

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