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a

Late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic (Pan African residual forelands)

Aruwimi / Biano Group

Inkisi Group

West Congo Belt Mozambique Belt

b

Carboniferous to Early Permian (glacial valleys and fjords)

Dwyka ice cap

Lukuga Group

Itarare Group

UPLIFT

E-W Gondawna
break-up (160-180 Ma)

c Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (deserts)

Botucatu / Dekese Formations

PROTO-INDIAN OCEAN

Africa-South America
Break-up (80-130 Ma)

East African
Rift System
(EARS)

d

Mid-Cretaceous to Cenozoic (alluvial)

Angolan
Highland

Kalahari Group

2 km

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

UPLIFT

Loia / Bokungu Groups

Fig. 11.7 Sketch cross-sections of the Phanerozoic evolution of the
CB. ( a ) Upper Neoproterozoic to lower Paleozoic red-beds deposited
along

highland in east Africa. ( c ) Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous aeolian
dunes extended across southern Congo to eastern Brazil. ( d ) Middle to
Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic fluvial-lacustrine sequences related to
marginal uplifts and the Kalahari epeirogeny

surrounding Pan African fold-and-thrust belts. ( b )

Carboniferous-Permian glacial sequences derived from a main