Algoa_Basin

Algoa Basin

Algoa Basin

Sedimentary basin offshore of Algoa Bay in South Africa

Algoa Basin is a sedimentary basin offshore Algoa Bay in South Africa. The basin depression is a rift currently filled with sediments of Lower Cretaceous age.[1] Kirkwood Formation makes up part of the fill of Algoa Basin.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Muir, Robert A., Emese M. Bordy, and Rose Prevec (2015). "Lower Cretaceous deposit reveals first evidence of a post-wildfire debris flow in the Kirkwood Formation, Algoa Basin, Eastern Cape, South Africa." Cretaceous Research, 56, 161–179.
  2. [2]
    Gomez, Bernard, Martínez‐Delclòs, Xavier, Bamford, Marion, & Philippe, Marc (2002). Taphonomy and palaeoecology of plant remains from the oldest African Early Cretaceous amber locality. Lethaia, 35(4), 300–308.


Stub icon

This South Africa location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a regional geological feature is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Algoa_Basin, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.