Pyrite Dissolution in the Cretaceous Yogou Formation of the Niger (Chad) Basin: Implications for Basin Evolution under a Rift Tectonic Setting

Autor: Kabir Shola Ahmed, Keyu Liu, Yuchen Fan, Kouassi Louis Kra, Moussa Harouna, Jianliang Liu, Munezero Ntibahanana, Moussa Z. Salim, Justin Jordan Pidho, Melaine Emmanuel Kouame, Hamma Ada Moussa, Hafizullah Abba Ahmed
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: ACS Omega. 7:43411-43420
ISSN: 2470-1343
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03027
Popis: This is the first study of pyrite minerals in the entire West and Central African Rift System (WCARS). Several polished organic-rich core samples from the Cretaceous Yogou Formation of the Niger (Chad) Basin located in the WCARS were investigated for their pyrite content using FE-SEM and SEM-EDS imaging techniques. An attempt was made to classify the types and provenance of the pyrites and to highlight the control of rift fractures on the oxidation and dissolution of pyrites in the region. Three major types of pyrites are present in the studied formation, including euhedral pyrite (E
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