Bangu and Niari Conglomerate Fm
Period:
Ediacaran
Age Interval:
570–571 Ma
Province:
West Congo Basin / Bas-Congo region, DRC
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
conglomerate with limestone & chert clasts, and interbedded red shale Thickness: ≤ 40 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Aus conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Underlain by the Mpioka s.s. (upper) Fm.
Upper contact
Overlain by the Vampa Fm.
Regional extent
West Congo Belt (DRC, Republic of Congo, Gabon, NW Angola).
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Mpioka shown as Late Ediacaran on Figure → Interpolated by thickness, ca. 75% up in Ediacaran as estimated base
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Ediacaran
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.67
Beginning date (Ma):
570.55
Ending stage:
Ediacaran
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.66
Ending date (Ma):
571.51
Depositional setting
Siliciclastic proximal marine deposition interrupted by some continental episodes; late-orogenic molasse-type foreland basin (Tack et al., 2001; Frimmel et al., 2006).
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Cailteux, J.L.H., Delpomdor, F.R.A., & Ngoie Ndobani, J.-P. (2015). The Neoproterozoic West-Congo 'Schisto-Calcaire' sedimentary succession from the Bas-Congo region (Democratic Republic of the Congo) in the frame of regional tentative correlations. Geologica Belgica, 18/2-4, 126–146.