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Schulp, AS; Polcyn, MJ; Mateus, O; Jacobs, LL; Morais, ML. "New mosasaur material from the Maastrichtian of Angola, with notes on the phylogeny, distribution and palaeoecology of the genus Prognathodon". Publicaties van het Natuurhistorisch
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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,
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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
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Geological Atlas of Africa: With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards, Geosites and Geoscientific Education of Each Country
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Mateus, Octávio; Jacobs, Louis; Polcyn, Michael; Schulp, Anne S.; Vineyard, Diana; Buta Neto, André; Telles Antunes, Miguel (December 2009).
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The larger part of Angola's income derives from oil production and by 2008 the country was Africa's second largest producer of
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during the Karoo period are found along a northeast-southwest line through the country. Continental sediments of the
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The Mesozoic of Angola is very rich of fossil vertebrates, namely marine reptiles such as turtles (
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which are scattered along a northeast – southwest line through Angola. The country is also a
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in Africa. Diamonds are obtained both from alluvial deposits and from the hundreds of
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Aquifers and ground water have been polluted due mining activities in the country.
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age rocks. The west of the country is characterized by meta-sedimentary rocks of
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assigned to the Bembe System. Overlying these are a thick pile of
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eras. Amidst the Proterozoic sequence are areas of crystalline
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Index


Precambrian
Proterozoic
tillites
limestones
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
basement
Archaean
Kasai Craton
Angola
clastic
volcanic rocks
Karoo Supergroup
Kimberlites
carbonatites
magmatic activity
Kalahari Group
Angolachelys
Angolatitan adamastor
crude petroleum
diamonds
kimberlite pipes
gold
alluvium
greenstones
Cabinda
copper
gypsum
phosphate

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