Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Depositional age, provenance, and tectonic and paleoclimatic settings of the late mesoproterozoic-middle neoproterozoic mbuji-mayi supergroup, democratic republic of congo
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 389, Year 2013
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
The late Mesoproterozoic-middle Neoproterozoic period (ca. 1300Ma-800Ma) heralded extraordinary climatic and biological changes related to the tectonic changes that resulted in the assembly (~1.0Ga) and the break-up of Rodinia (880Ma-850Ma). In the Democratic Republic of Congo, these changes are recorded in the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup which was deposited in the SE-NW trending siliciclastic-carbonate failed-rift Sankuru-Mbuji-Mayi-Lomami-Lovoy Basin. New LA-ICP-MS U-Pb laser ablation data on detrital zircon grains retrieved from the lower arenaceous-pelitic sequence (BI group) together with C and Sr isotopic data on carbonates from the upper dolomitic-pelitic sequence (BII group) and an 40Ar/39Ar age determination on a dolerite give a new depositional time frame between 1174±22Ma and ca. 800Ma for the Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup. The upper age limit is based on the assumption that the transition between the BIIb and BIIc subgroups recorded the Bitter Springs anomaly. In terms of tectonic and paleoclimatic settings, the BII group was deposited in the eastern passive margin of the Congo Craton during warm periods interlaced with temporarily dry and wet seasons, suggesting greenhouse conditions during the fragmentation of Rodinia. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Delpomdor, Franck
Belgium, Brussels
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Linnemann, Ulf G.
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Senckenberg Gesellschaft Für Naturforschung
Boven, Ariël A.
Belgium, Tervuren
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Gärtner, Andreas
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Senckenberg Gesellschaft Für Naturforschung
Blanpied, Christian
France, Paris
Total S.a.
Virgone, Aurélien
France, Paris
Total S.a.
Jelsma, Hielke A.
United Kingdom, London
De Beers Group
Préat, Alain R.
Belgium, Brussels
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Statistics
Citations: 39
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.012
ISSN:
00310182
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
Congo