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| Title: | Nigeria’s First National Communication. Under the United Nations Framework Conventin on Climate Change. |
| ASFA Terms: | Environmental effects |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2003 |
| Publisher: | Ministry of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. |
| Abstract: | Nigeria with a total area of 923,800 sq km occupies about 14% of land area in West
Africa. The country lies between 4oN and 14oN, and between 3oE and 15oE. It is
bordered respectively in the north, east, and west by Niger, the Cameroon, and Benin
Republic, while the Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, forms the southern
border. Most of Nigeria is covered with Pre- Cambrian rocks, but there are also
metamorphic and sedimentary rocks of Eocene times as well as volcanic rocks. In
general, three types of geologic structures exist in Nigeria, namely, areas of uplift, basins
of sedimentation, and isolated volcanic areas. The areas of uplift are made up of the
oldest rocks in Nigeria - the basement complex rocks. The basins of sedimentation are the
down-warped areas, which were drowned by the sea at different times and in which
sediments eroded from the areas of uplift were laid down. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/794 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous
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