By: Dr. Kevin C.A. Burke, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Houston

Published in the November, 2000 HGS Buletin. Posted here 11/03/00.

African oil and gas reserves showing age and facies of source rocks as well as tectonic environments over the past 600 My. Until 200 Ma continental assembly and collapse were dominant. Since 200 Ma plume interaction has been important. (Modified from Macgregor and Cameron, 2000).