Abstract
During the Equanaute cruise (June 1992), 14 submersible deep dives were conducted along the steep southern slope of the Côte d’Ivoire–Ghana marginal ridge. In situ diving observations and sample analysis were done to specify the clastic lithology of a sedimentary sequence about 2200 m thick. Most of the rocks collected consist of dark shales, greenish lenticular- to wavy-bedded siltstones and large-scale trough cross-bedded sandstones. Lithofacies analysis favors a deltaic origin for this sedimentary synrift succession, which is probably of Early Cretaceous age.
Similar content being viewed by others
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Received: 11 January 1995 / Revision received: 8 August 1995
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Guiraud, M., Mascle, J., Benkhelil, J. et al. Early Cretaceous deltaic sedimentary environment of the Côte d’Ivoire–Ghana transform margin as deduced from deep dive data. Geo-Marine Letters 17, 79–86 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003670050011
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003670050011