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Maculungo Formation
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Maculungo Fm base reconstruction

Maculungo Fm


Period: 
Cretaceous

Age Interval: 
Early Cretaceous


Province: 
Offshore and Coastal Region (Gabon-Congo-Angola)

Type Locality and Naming

Offshore Angola region (General)

Synonym: Infra-Cuvo and Maculungo Fm


Lithology and Thickness

"Infra-Cuvo and Maculungo Fm" of Lacustrine sandstone and shale


Lithology Pattern: 
Siltstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Red Basal Series Fm of conglomerate and coarse-grained sandstone

Upper contact

Lower Cuvo Fm red sandstone

Regional extent

Offshore Kwanza basin of Angola region (General)


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

early Cretaceous (Berr-Val-Haut?)

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Berriasian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
143.10

    Ending stage: 
Hauterivian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
126.50

Depositional setting

Lacustrine


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Rebecca Bobick (and Jim Ogg), modified from Figure in 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