Research Article

Determination of Provenance and Tectonic Settings of Niger Delta Clastic Facies Using Well-Y, Onshore Delta State, Nigeria

Table 3

Table of various elemental ratios.

Sample (in meters)LithologyK/Cs ratioTh/U ratioCr/ThTh/CoAl2O3/SiO2La/ScTh/Sc

1160–1180Sand0.24.92.91.8177.422.83
1560–1580Sand0.34.32.71.9157.362.36
1960–1980Sand0.44.03.80.8175.752.00
2960–2980Shale1.13.46.50.4175.221.72
3960–3980Shale1.13.57.10.8164.241.39
4560–4580Shale1.03.77.70.8193.691.21
5460–5480Shale2.04.816.60.4133.641.52
5760–5780Shale1.34.814.10.382.181.32
6160–6180Shale0.94.09.90.7183.090.91
7060–7080Sand3.25.223.50.2104.681.37
7260–7280Sand3.31.555.30.1151.700.63
7560–7580Sand2.92.856.80.1182.060.71
7760–7780Shale2.04.18.60.5153.291.35
7960–7980Shale3.33.175.50.1182.030.76
8060–8080Shale1.43.112.10.3184.501.89
8160–8180Sand1.64.38.00.5166.172.21
8560–8580Sand2.34.851.80.1204.601.52
8960–8980Shale1.94.39.41.2154.131.59
10,360–10,380Shale3.46.07.00.6157.152.54
11,060–11,080Shale1.15.39.20.5174.041.09
11,460–11,480Shale0.84.710.70.4162.680.83

Average1.74.119.073.715.9