Kubuzi Fm
Period:
Ediacaran
Age Interval:
556–562 Ma
Province:
West Congo Basin / Bas-Congo region, DRC
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
pinkish to reddish feldspathic quartzite; occasional shale or conglomerate beds Thickness: 250 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Underlain by the Vampa Fm.
Upper contact
Overlain by the Liansama Fm.
Regional extent
West Congo Belt (DRC, Republic of Congo, Gabon, NW Angola).
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Interpolated by thickness (250m of 1000m) between 550.0–571.3 Ma
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Ediacaran
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.82
Beginning date (Ma):
556.12
Ending stage:
Ediacaran
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.76
Ending date (Ma):
561.89
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.