Angola Basin
Basin located in the West African South Atlantic Margin which extends from Cameroon to Angola / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Angola Basin is located along the West African South Atlantic Margin which extends from Cameroon to Angola.[2] It is characterized as a passive margin that began spreading in the south and then continued upwards throughout the basin.[3] This basin formed during the initial breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea during the early Cretaceous, creating the Atlantic Ocean and causing the formation of the Angola, Cape, and Argentine basins.[4] It is often separated into two units: the Lower Congo Basin, which lies in the northern region and the Kwanza Basin which is in the southern part of the Angola margin.[5] The Angola Basin is famous for its "Aptian Salt Basins," a thick layer of evaporites that has influenced topography of the basin since its deposition and acts as an important petroleum reservoir.[6]