[HTML][HTML] Reassessment of historical sections from the Paleogene marine margin of the Congo Basin reveals an almost complete absence of Danian deposits

F Solé, C Noiret, D Desmares, S Adnet, L Taverne… - Geoscience …, 2019 - Elsevier
The early Paleogene is critical for understanding global biodiversity patterns in modern
ecosystems. During this interval, Southern Hemisphere continents were largely …

Late Quaternary deep marine sediment records off southern Africa

HC Cawthra, EW Bergh, EA Wiles… - South African Journal of …, 2021 - journals.co.za
High-resolution mapping, sampling and analysis of upper Quaternary southern African
continental margin sediments recovered from beyond the Last Glacial Maximum shoreline (> …

Paleobiogeography of Africa: how distinct from Gondwana and Laurasia?

E Gheerbrant, JC Rage - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2006 - Elsevier
Although Africa was south of the Tethys Sea and originally belonged to the Gondwana, its
paleobiogeographical history appears to have been distinct from those of both Gondwana …

Paleontological exploration in Africa

NJ Stevens, MD Gottfried, EM Roberts… - Elwyn Simmons: A …, 2008 - Springer
The Mesozoic–Cenozoic transition was a period of dramatic global change during which
time the Earth's continents were in the process of fragmenting from a large, relatively …

[HTML][HTML] The Pleistocene fauna of the Cape south coast revealed through ichnology at two localities

CW Helm, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - South African Journal …, 2019 - scielo.org.za
East of Still Bay on the Cape south coast of South Africa lies a rugged, remote stretch of sea
cliffs that expose Late Pleistocene aeolianites. A zone of dense concentration of fossil tracks …

Palaeoenvironments during a terminal Oligocene or early Miocene transgression in a fluvial system at the southwestern tip of Africa

DL Roberts, FH Neumann, HC Cawthra, AS Carr… - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
A multi-proxy study of an offshore core in Saldanha Bay (South Africa) provides new insights
into fluvial deposition, ecosystems, phytogeography and sea-level history during the late …

[PDF][PDF] 19. BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AGE MODELS AND SEDIMENTATION RATES ALONG THE SOUTHWEST AFRICAN MARGIN1

J Giraudeau, BA Christensen, O Hermelin… - … Drilling Program, Initial …, 1998 - academia.edu
BACKGROUND During Leg 175, 13 sites were drilled off the western and southwestern
coasts of Africa. This area is one of the most productive regions of the world ocean. The …

A fish assemblage from an early Miocene horizon from Jabal Zaltan, Libya

T Argyriou, TD Cook, AM Muftah, P Pavlakis… - Journal of African Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent excavations and prospecting in the early to middle Miocene deposits of the Maradah
Formation in Jabal Zaltan, Libya, yielded a diverse fish assemblage coming from an early …

[HTML][HTML] Early Cretaceous marine incursions into South Atlantic rift basins originated from the south

X Cui, B Wignall, KH Freeman… - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The breakup of Gondwana resulted in sedimentary deposits recording lacustrine to marine
environmental transitions in the South Atlantic rift basins during the Early Cretaceous …

Stratigraphy and paleobiology of the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Paleogene sediments from the trans-Saharan seaway in Mali

MA O'leary, ML Bouaré, KM Claeson… - Bulletin of the American …, 2019 - BioOne
An epicontinental sea bisected West Africa periodically from the Late Cretaceous to the early
Eocene, in dramatic contrast to the current Sahara Desert that dominates the same region …