Age

Geologic Unit

Lithology

Quaternary

Alluvium (general) fresh water back swamp meander belt. Mangrove and salt water. Back Swamps. Active/Abandoned Beach ridges Sombreiro Warri Delataic plain.

Gravel, sand, clay, silt, sand, clay, some silt gravel. Medium-fine sands. Clay and some silt.

Miocene

Benin Formation (coastal plain sand)

Coarse to medium grain sand with subordinate silt and clay lenses. Fluviatile marine.

Eocene

Agbada Formation

Mixture of sand, clay and silt, fluviatile marine.

Paleocene

Akata Formation

Clay (Marine Shales)