Quianga Kwanza Basin Onshore Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Province:
Kwanza Basin, Angola
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Kwanza Basin Onshore
Lithology and Thickness
Quianga Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Calcarenite limestone, dolomite, and anhydrite
CALIBRATION = 65% up in the Aptian.
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 = Calcarenite limestone, dolomite, and anhydrite
CALIBRATION = 65% up in the Aptian.
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:
0.52
Beginning date (Ma):
117.14
Ending stage:
Aptian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.71
Ending date (Ma):
115.58
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 14.6 lat: -8.3
Compiler: