Chela Sandstone Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Province:
Offshore and Coastal Region (Gabon-Congo-Angola)
Type Locality and Naming
Offshore Congo region (General)
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Loeme Salt Fms
Regional extent
Offshore Congo region (General)
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Aptian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
121.40
Ending stage:
Aptian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.3
Ending date (Ma):
118.94
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Rebecca Bobick (and Wen Du), modified from Figure 13, Brownfield, M.E. and Charpentier, R.R., "Geology and Total Petroleum Systems of the West-Central Coastal Province (7203), West Africa", US Geological Survey Bulletin 2207-B