[HTML][HTML] Geochronology of volcanically associated hydrocarbon charge in the pre-salt carbonates of the Namibe Basin, Angola

N Rochelle-Bates, NMW Roberts, I Sharp… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In volcanic rifted margins, the timing of hydrocarbon charge is difficult to predict, but is
important in understanding fluid genesis. We investigated whether igneous activity was …

Sedimentary processes controlling ultralong cells of littoral transport: Placer formation and termination of the Orange sand highway in southern Angola

E Garzanti, P Dinis, P Vermeesch, S Andò… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study focuses on the causes, modalities and obstacles of sediment transfer in the
longest cell of littoral sand drift documented on Earth so far. Sand derived from the Orange …

Dynamic uplift, recycling, and climate control on the petrology of passive-margin sand (Angola)

E Garzanti, P Dinis, P Vermeesch, S Andò, A Hahn… - Sedimentary …, 2018 - Elsevier
The subequatorial Angolan continental margin offers excellent conditions to test textbook
theories on the composition of passive-margin sediments generated in different climatic and …

The Atlantic jigsaw puzzle and the geoheritage of Angola

LL Jacobs, S Schröder, N de Sousa… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
The jigsaw-puzzle fit of South America and Africa is an icon of plate tectonics and
continental drift. Fieldwork in Angola since 2002 allows the correlation of onshore outcrops …

[HTML][HTML] Paleoenvironmental and diagenetic evolution of the Aptian Pre-Salt succession in Namibe Basin (Onshore Angola)

M Moragas, V Baqués, JD Martín-Martín, I Sharp… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Aptian Pre-Salt sedimentary succession cropping out in Cangulo palaeovalley
onshore Namibe Basin (Angola) was studied by a combination of field and analytical …

The cranial anatomy and relationships of Cardiocorax mukulu (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from Bentiaba, Angola

MP Marx, O Mateus, MJ Polcyn, AS Schulp… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
We report a new specimen of the plesiosaur Cardiocorax mukulu that includes the most
complete plesiosaur skull from sub-Saharan Africa. The well-preserved three-dimensional …

New aristonectine elasmosaurid plesiosaur specimens from the Early Maastrichtian of Angola and comments on paedomorphism in plesiosaurs

R Araújo, MJ Polcyn, J Lindgren, LL Jacobs… - Netherlands Journal of …, 2015 - cambridge.org
New elasmosaurid plesiosaur specimens are described from the Early Maastrichtian of
Angola. Phylogenetic analyses reconstruct the Angolan taxon as an aristonectine …

[HTML][HTML] Geological exploration of Angola from Sumbe to Namibe: A review at the frontier between geology, natural resources and the history of geology

P Masse, O Laurent - Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper provides a review of the Geological exploration of the Angola Coast (from Sumbe
to Namibe) from pioneer's first geological descriptions and mining inventory to the most …

Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola

AE Fernandes, O Mateus, B Andres, MJ Polcyn… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Here, we describe the first pterosaur remains from Angola, an assemblage of fourteen bones
from the Lower Maastrichtian marine deposits of Bentiaba, Namibe Province. One new …

Inferring 'weak spots' in phylogenetic trees: application to mosasauroid nomenclature

D Madzia, A Cau - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Mosasauroid squamates represented the apex predators within the Late Cretaceous marine
and occasionally also freshwater ecosystems. Proper understanding of the origin of their …