Cunga Kwanza Basin Onshore Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Province:
Kwanza Basin, Angola
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Kwanza Basin Onshore
Lithology and Thickness
Cunga Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Shale
CALIBRATION = 75% up in the Lower Eocene (used Ypresian for 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 = Shale
CALIBRATION = 75% up in the Lower Eocene (used Ypresian for 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:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Ypresian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.75
Beginning date (Ma):
50.05
Ending stage:
Rupelian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0
Ending date (Ma):
33.90
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 14.6 lat: -8.3
Compiler: