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Binga Kwanza Basin Onshore Formation
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Binga Kwanza Basin Onshore Fm base reconstruction

Binga Kwanza Basin Onshore Fm


Period: 
Cretaceous

Age Interval: 

Province: 
Kwanza Basin, Angola

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Kwanza Basin Onshore

Lithology and Thickness

Binga Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Dolomite and dolomitic limestone
CALIBRATION = 2% up in the Lower Albian (used early and middle as lower).
REFERENCE = Brownfield, M.E. and Charpentier, R.R., "Geology and Total Petroleum Systems of the West-Central Coastal Province (7203), West Africa", US Geological Survery Bulletin 2207-B

Lithology Pattern: 
Dolomite

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Upper contact

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Aptian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.71

    Beginning date (Ma): 
115.58

    Ending stage: 
Albian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.04

    Ending date (Ma):  
112.64

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  

Additional Information

long: 14.6 lat: -8.3

Compiler: