Multidisciplinary palaeoenvironmental characterisation of the late Permian Matinde Formation, Mozambique

Lopes, Gilda; Pereira, Zélia; Fernandes, Paulo; Mendes, Márcia; Marques, João; Jorge, Raul C.G.S.

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The Muarádzi Sub-basin is part of the Moatize-Minjova Basin (MMB), an important Karoo aged coalfield in Tete Province, Mozambique. It is a WNW-ESE trending, elongated sedimentary basin located in the eastern part of the MMB, whilst during the late Permian was situated in the southern-central part of Gondwana. In this study, we undertook a multidisciplinary approach involving the lithological, palynofacies, and palynological analysis of samples collected from 3 coal exploration boreholes (DW11, DW21, and DW141) collected from this sub-basin. A total of 99 core samples were collected and studied, allowing for the characterisation of depositional environments and existing palaeofloras for this sub-basin.