Université de Fribourg

Miocene shallow-water limestones from São Nicolau (Cabo Verde): Caribbean-type benthic fauna and time constraints for volcanism

Bernoulli, Daniel ; Hottinger, Lukas ; Spezzaferri, Silvia ; Stille, Peter

In: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 2007, vol. 100, no. 2, p. 215-225

Shallow-water limestones of presumed Late Cretaceous and Eocene age, interbedded with basaltic lavas, were described by earlier authors from São Nicolau in the northwestern part of the Cabo Verde archipelago. If confirmed, these ages would imply late Mesozoic shallow-marine and subaerial volcanic activity in the Cabo Verde archipelago, and document a geological history very different from that...