| 词条 | Geology of Angola |
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The geology of Angola includes large areas of Precambrian age rocks. The west of the country is characterized by meta-sedimentary rocks of Proterozoic age including tillites assigned to the Bembe System. Overlying these are a thick pile of limestones and other marine sediments laid down during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. Amidst the Proterozoic sequence are areas of crystalline basement dating from the Archaean. More Archaean basement rocks form the Kasai Craton in northeastern Angola. In the north, within the Cassanje Graben are clastic sediments and volcanic rocks of the Karoo Supergroup. Kimberlites and carbonatites resulting from magmatic activity during the Karoo period are found along a northeast-southwest line through the country. Continental sediments of the Kalahari Group are widespread in eastern Angola.[1] The Mesozoic of Angola is very rich of fossil vertebrates, namely marine reptiles such as mosasaurs and plesiosaurs,[2] related with the opening of South Atlantic.[3] Only a couple of terrestrial fossils have been collected, including the unique dinosaur Angolatitan adamastor.[4] GeohazardsAquifers and ground water have been polluted due mining activities in the country.[5]{{rp|40}} Economic geologyThe larger part of Angola’s income derives from oil production and by 2008 the country was Africa’s second largest producer of crude petroleum. Angola is also the fourth largest producer of diamonds in Africa. Diamonds are obtained both from alluvial deposits and from the hundreds of kimberlite pipes which are scattered along a northeast – southwest line through Angola. The country is also a gold producer, the most important source being alluvium originating from Archaean greenstones dominantly around Cabinda. Angola also has, as yet largely untapped copper, gypsum, phosphate, iron ore, manganese and other base metal reserves.[6] References{{commonscat}}{{portal|Geology|Angola|Prehistory of Africa}}1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eisourcebook.org/1214_Angola.html|title=Angola Geology, The Extractive Industries Source Book|access-date=October 18, 2016|website=Extractive Industries}} {{Africa topic|Geology of}}2. ^{{cite journal|title=New mosasaur material from the Maastrichtian of Angola, with notes on the phylogeny, distribution and palaeoecology of the genus Prognathodon|first1= AS|last1= Schulp|first2= MJ|last2= Polcyn|first3= O |last3=Mateus|first4= LL|last4= Jacobs|first5= ML|last5=Morais|publisher=Publicaties van het Natuurhistorisch Genootschap}} 3. ^LL Jacobs, O Mateus, MJ Polcyn, AS Schulp… 2015 Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean - Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 2009 4. ^Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola O Mateus, LL Jacobs, AS Schulp, MJ Polcyn, TS Tavares, A Buta Neto, ... Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83 (1), 221-23 5. ^{{cite book|last=Schlüter|first=Thomas|title=Geological Atlas of Africa: With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards, Geosites and Geoscientific Education of Each Country|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|url={{Google books|IfvKWpsISTQC|page=88|plainurl=yes}}|access-date=October 18, 2016|date=April 19, 2008}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eisourcebook.org/1352_OilGas.html|title=Angola, Oil and Gas, The Extractive Industries Source Book|access-date=October 18, 2016|website=Extractive Industries}} 2 : Geology by country|Geography of Angola |
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