SYSTEMATIC PALYNOLOGY OF MAIGANGA COAL FACIES, NORTHERN BENUE TROUGH, NIGERIA

Abstract

The palynostratigraphy of the Maiganga coal mine is based on the available and recovered palynomorphs whose systematic palynology of both existing and new palynoforms is vital in the palyno-characteristics of the Gombe Formation. Sixty-one (61) palynoforms which comprise of spores, pollen grains and algae have been identified and their systematic Palynology was described. The palynoforms are characteristics of typical Maastrichtian period which form part of the larger Cretaceous age that dominate the Gombe Formation in which the Maiganga coal deposit was formed. This study will serve as reference to future palynological studies for the study area as the described palynoforms were recovered from subsurface samples for the first time as against the previous similar studies on surface samples in the study area.