{"id":1187,"date":"2016-10-11T16:06:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T14:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/?page_id=1187"},"modified":"2021-04-17T12:08:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T10:08:25","slug":"democratic-republic-of-congo-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/?page_id=1187","title":{"rendered":"<\/span> Democratic Republic of Congo 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Exploration for Paleogene deposits in old localities of Bandundu discovered by 1940-1948\u2019s Belgian expeditions<\/span><\/h5>\n

Long missions done by J. Lepersonne in Bandundu between 1940 and 1945 have allowed him to locate numerous deposits he considered as Paleogene. From September to November 1948 he explored the South of Bandundu in more detailed and took notes of his observations in four notebooks. We used them for a second expedition of the PalEurAfrica team in September 2016. By this way, we re-located, prospected, and sampled the magnificent Lukwila Canyon and other localities with a small team of geologists and palaeontologists from RMCA, RBINS, and CRGM.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"0101 The Belgian team invited at the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technology in Kinshasa (from left to right: Valentin Kanda Nkula, General Director of CRGM; Thierry De Putter, Head of Service Geodynamic and Resources RMCA; Florimond Nyamoga Kabanda, Minister\u2019s chief of staff; Thierry Smith, Coordinator PalEurAfrica Project, RBINS; Florias Mees, Curator of Geology-Paleontology collections RMCA)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0202 Arrival at Kikwit by N1 road, 400 km east of Kinshasa<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0303 On the way to Gungu, 140 km south-east of Kiwit, the asphalt road is replaced by a sandy pathway<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0404 Arrival with our two field vehicles at Gungu where we stay for 5 days in the mission of sisters St Joseph of Torino<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0505 The Kwilu River has to be crossed with a small Chinese ferry that has replaced the old Belgian one (in front left), which sank several years ago<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0606 On the other river bank women from Kandale village clean clothes in the river<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0808 The ferry is moving but something is strange<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"0909 The engine of the ferry has been stolen and villagers help by pulling the ferry to the river bank<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1010 The chief of the Lukwila village controls the field permit<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1111 The Lukwila children bring us to the canyon<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1212 The Lukwila Canyon is an unbelievable spectacle for the eyes<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1313 Sampling of the Lukwila section: Florias Mees (CRGM) cleans the outcrop; Thierry De Putter (CRGM) describes the sediment; Nicole Kitambala Yaya (CRGM, from back) collects samples<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1414 A beautiful 15 cm Scolopendra centipede suddenly appears in the sediment<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1515 The ferry is blocked and the villagers kindly help to move it<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1616 Thierry Smith (RBINS) is looking for fossils in a quarry with Paleogene sandstones while Florias Mees (CRGM) is breaking sandstones for sampling<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1717 One of these enigmatic rich coloured sandstones<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1818 The leading car is blocked again in the sand<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"1919 Our driver, Reagan Matu, digging the engine protection plate that is broken. This happen after having already broken two tires and the assisted direction of the steering wheel<\/span><\/a><\/div>
\"2020 Thierry Smith (RBINS) collecting samples at the top of the cliffs of the Bat\u00e9k\u00e9 plateau near the Maidombe River<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Exploration for Paleogene deposits in old localities of Bandundu discovered by 1940-1948\u2019s Belgian expeditions Long missions done by J. Lepersonne in Bandundu between 1940 and 1945 have allowed him to locate numerous deposits he considered as Paleogene. From September to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2872,"href":"https:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187\/revisions\/2872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paleurafrica.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}