Rukwa Rift Basin Explained

The Rukwa Rift Basin, located in southwestern Tanzania, is an endorheic rift basin that contains Lake Rukwa. It forms part of the East African Rift system and has produced a number of Cretaceous and Oligocene fossils.

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy of the Rukwa Rift basin^[1]
Time period		Group	Formation	Member
Cenozoic	Pliocene-Holocene		Lake Beds sequence	Upper Member
				Lower Member
	Unconformity
	Oligocene	Red Sandstone Group	Nsungwe Formation	Songwe Member
				Utengule Member
Unconformity			Unconformity
Mesozoic	Cretaceous		Galula Formation	Namba Member
				Mtuka Member
Unconformity
Paleozoic	Latest Carboniferous-Late Permian	Karoo Supergroup

References

1. Roberts. Eric M.. O’Connor. Patrick M.. Stevens. Nancy J.. Gottfried. Michael D.. Jinnah. Zubair A.. Ngasala. Sifael. Choh. Adeline M.. Armstrong. Richard A.. May 2010. Sedimentology and depositional environments of the Red Sandstone Group, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania: New insight into Cretaceous and Paleogene terrestrial ecosystems and tectonics in sub-equatorial Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 57. 3. 179–212. 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.09.002. 1464-343X.

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