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Sedimentary basins

This dataset comprises three distinct layers delineating the boundaries of sedimentary basins across Africa. In particular
  • Basins (greater than 2km): Boundaries of sedimentary basins in Africa with sedimentary thicknesses of at least 2 km. Contains geological information about the sedimentary basins such as basin name, class/type and age. Created by extracting data from open sources into a series of shapefiles and rasters containing information on culture, geology, geothermal and geophysical data.
  • Basins Nyberg & Howell (2015): Boundaries active sedimentary basin/depositional centers of Africa categorised by basin structure and climate-zone.
  • Basins Robertson (2019): Boundaries of sedimentary basins in Africa. Part of the Robertson new ventures product suite. Includes information on the name, geometry, type and the hydrocarbon exploration status of a given basin.
  • Basins Evenick (2021): Boundaries of sedimentary basins in Africa compiled from previous work. The sedimentary basins have been revised to simplify the borders of sedimentary basins, as the definition of a basin (boundary) is often contested. Includes the name, geometry, type, age and evaporite content of a given basin.
These layers are part of the Geothermal Atlas for Africa developed within the LEAP-RE project
Basins (greater than 2km) Basins Robertson (2019) Basins Evenick (2021) Basins Nyberg & Howell (2015)
4 map layers referenced
Values differ across layers
Basins (greater than 2km)

https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/nationalgeosciencedatacentre/citedData/catalogue…

Basins Robertson (2019)

Robertson, C. G. G. (2019). Sedimentary Basins of the World: AAPG Datapages.

Basins Evenick (2021)

Evenick, J. C. (2021). Glimpses into Earth’s history using a revised global sedimentary basin map. Earth-Science Reviews, 215, 103564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103564

Basins Nyberg & Howell (2015)

Nyberg, B., & Howell, J. A. (2015). Is the present the key to the past? A global characterization of modern sedimentary basins. Geology, 43(7), 643–646. https://doi.org/10.1130/G36669.1

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Values differ across layers
Basins (greater than 2km)
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Basins Robertson (2019)
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Basins Evenick (2021)
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Basins Nyberg & Howell (2015)
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