The Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary sequence of the Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

Revised lithostratigraphy of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic succession of the onshore Rovuma Basin, northern coastal Mozambique

“…Name: The carbonate-bearing lower Miocene succession comprising the present Quissanga Formation, first identified by Flores and Noseda (1961) has been referred to as the Sancul/Cogune Formation and corresponds to the "Quartz-arenites and larger foraminiferal marls" of Civitelli (1988). It is now named after the coastal town of Quissanga.…”

“…Previous works on the Rovuma Basin of northern Mozambique include those of Bornhardt (1900), Flores (1973), Daniels et al (1977), Civitelli (1988), Afonsky et al (1990), Salman and Abdula (1995) and Hancox et al (2002). They describe a number of litho-and biostratigraphic units throughout the basin.…”

“…Local faulting has steepened bedding with westerly dips and there are calcite veins locally.. (Civitelli, 1988).…”

“…Younger parts of the formation are dated as Barremian to Aptian based on the recovery of abundant age-diagnostic beleminites, bivalves, pollen, spores and dinoflagellate cysts (Flores & Noseda, 1961;Civitelli 1988;Smelror et al, in press). The turbiditic sandstones contain common reworked…”

“…2) first described by Flores and Noseda (1961) and referred to as the QuissiruaRepa Formation by Moura (1974). It is Paleocene in age and corresponds to the "Fossiliferous marls" of Civitelli (1988 …”