Zongo Fm
Period:
Cambrian
Age Interval:
516–522 Ma
Province:
West Congo Basin / Bas-Congo region, DRC
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
purple to reddish quartzitic arkoses Thickness: ≥ 300 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Underlain by the Morozi Fm.
Upper contact
Overlain by the Luvumu Fm.
Regional extent
West Congo Belt (DRC, Republic of Congo, Gabon, NW Angola).
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Interpolated by thickness (300m of 990m) between 510–530 Ma
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.70
Beginning date (Ma):
516.45
Ending stage:
Cambrian Stage 2
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.86
Ending date (Ma):
522.12
Depositional setting
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.