Igneous activity in the Bornu Basin, onshore NE Nigeria; implications for opening of the South Atlantic

• Main Authors: Suleiman, AA, Magee, C, Jackson, CA-L, Fraser, AJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society 2017
• Subjects: Cones The; Cones, The; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/137180/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/137180/1/jgs2016-107_R1-1_2.pdf

The structure of igneous plumbing systems in circum-South Atlantic, intra-continental rift basins (e.g. the West and Central African Rift Systems) remains enigmatic owing to poor subsurface data coverage and quality. How magmatism in these basins related to the opening of the South Atlantic is thus...