Abstract
The calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of three wells (DB-1, DB-2 and DB-3) drilled along an approximate SWW–NEE trend in the eastern section of the Benin (Dahomey) Basin, Nigeria, has shown significant stratigraphic gaps in the sedimentary succession. In this study, we better constrained the presence and durations of four major hiatuses that occurred between the Late Cretaceous and late Miocene. Most conspicuous was an approximately 11.62 million-year hiatus spanning the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous, ~72.1 Ma) and Danian (Early Paleocene, ~60.48 Ma). The other unconformities identified occurred during the Eocene/Oligocene, Late Oligocene/early Miocene and middle/late Miocene. The presence of these unconformities across large areas of the basin is an indication of low sea levels and/or tilt in regional basin tectonics during the Late Cretaceous/Early Paleogene and has implication for stratigraphic trap styles for hydrocarbon exploration.
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