page_title: Angola Basin
hierarchical_section_title: Angola Basin
caption_attribution_description: English: Blank physical map of political Africa, for geo-location purposes. Borders as in July 2011. Français&#160;: Carte physique vierge de l'Afrique politique, destinée à la géolocalisation. Frontières telles qu'en juillet 2011. Lambert azimutal equal-area projection, WGS84 datum Standard meridian: 15°E Standard parallel: 0° Scale: 1:23,420,000 (precision: 5,855 km)
context_page_description: The Angola Basin is located along the West African South Atlantic Margin which extends from Cameroon to Angola.
  It is characterized as a passive margin that began spreading in the south and then continued upwards throughout the basin.
  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.
  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.
  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.
context_section_description: The Angola Basin is located along the West African South Atlantic Margin which extends from Cameroon to Angola. 
  It is characterized as a passive margin that began spreading in the south and then continued upwards throughout the basin.
  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. 
  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.
  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.
caption: Location of the Angola Basin off the southwest coast of Africa[1]
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