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				<title type="subject" xml:lang="en" sort="Pakistan Journal of Geology">Pakistan Journal of Geology</title>
				 <abbrev_title>Pak.j.Geol.</abbrev_title> 
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			<issn type="online">2521-2923</issn>
			<issn type="print">2521-2915</issn>
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				<title type="title">GEOCHEMICAL INSIGHTS INTO COASTAL PLAIN SANDS: SAPELE BYPASS BENIN REGION NIGERIA</title>
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			<copyright ownership="publisher">Copyright © 2017 Zibeline International Publishing</copyright>
		    <doi origin="zibeline international publishing" registered="yes">http://doi.org/10.26480/pjg.01.2026.01.11</doi>
			
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				<event type="publication_date" date="28-02-2026"/>
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						<editorNames>Martins Ilevbare</editorNames>
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		    <keyword>Coastal Sands, Chemical weathering, Provenance, Source Rock, Petroleum system</keyword>
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	       <volume>10</volume>
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	      <pages>01-11</pages>
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					<p>The coastal plain sand Coastal sand, Osbedoluogbeyi and Idogbo comunities along Sapele bypass in Benin Region, Nigeria were analysed for Geochemical Characterisation. Twenty-one (21) samples were collected in which 7 samples were analysed for major oxides, 7 for trace elements, and 7 rare earth elements. The samples were analyzed using X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometre (ICP-MS). The provenance from the major oxides inferred that the samples were from felsic igneous source rocks (Al2O3/TiO2: ~29.90). The source area weathering of the sand shows that the sediment has undergone substantial to intense chemical weathering (CIA ~61.40; CIW ~83.00; MIA ~41.00; PIA ~77.07). The maturityof the sand is mature (SiO2/Al2O3 ~6.22). The trace elements geochemistry also authenticates the provenance as felsic source. The outcomes from the Correlation and Chi-square of the metallic oxides indicates an enrichment of silica and depletion of other oxides as well as indicates a common source. The coastal sand is most likely to be a reservoir rock for hydrocarbon potential, if it is a petroleum system with source and trap rather than a source rock.</p>
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