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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778813903321

Autore

Tawadros E (Ezzat)

Titolo

Geology of North Africa / / E. Edward Tawadros

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2011

ISBN

0-429-21722-6

1-136-47494-3

1-280-12131-9

9786613525178

0-415-89146-9

0-203-13061-8

Edizione

[Expanded and updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (933 pages) ; : illustrations

Classificazione

SCI019000SCI031000SCI032000

Altri autori (Persone)

TawadrosE (Ezzat)

Disciplina

556.1

Soggetti

Geology - Egypt

Geology - Libya

Geology - Africa, North

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Geology of Egypt and Libya / E. Tawadros. 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the author; PART 1: History of geology and Hydrocarbon Exploration in North Africa; 1. Introduction; PART 2: Tectonic Framework of North Africa; 2. Northeast Africa's Basins; 3. Tertiary volcanics; 4. Northwest Africa's Basins; PART 3: Pan-African Shield & West African Craton; 5. Precambrian; PART 4: Phanerzoic Geology of North Africa; 6. Phanerozoic geology of Egypt; 7. Mesozoic; 8. Tertiary; 9. Tertiary-Quaternary; 10. Quaternary (Pleistocene-Holocene); 11. Phanerozoic geology of Libya; 12. Paleozoic; 13. Mesozoic; 14. Tertiary

15. Phanerozoic geology of Algeria16. Phanerozoic geology of Tunisia; 17. Phanerozoic geology of Morocco; PART 5: petroleum Geology & Petroleum Systems of North Africa; 18. Petroleum geology & petroleum systems of North Africa; 19. Hydrocarbon systems in North Africa; PART 6: Phanerozoic  Geological History; 20. Phanerozoic geological history; References

Sommario/riassunto

"An expanded and updated edition of the original 'Geology of Egypt and



Libya'. New chapters covering the geology of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco have been added to cover all of North Africa. Moreover, the petroleum systems of North Africa are now also discussed and new chapters on the history of geological exploration in Egypt and Libya have been added. This reference volume deals reviews the tectonic elements, the geology of the Pan-African Shield, and Phanerozoic geological evolution of the five North African countries, and describes most of the lithostratigraphic units. Including over 2500 literature references, this volume is an essential information source for geologists, geophysicists, engineers and senior students in geosciences and geological engineering in North Africa and the Middle East. "--

"An expanded and updated edition of the original 'Geology of Egypt and Libya'. New chapters covering the geology of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco have been added to cover all of North Africa. Petroleum systems are now also discussed and the history of geological exploration in Egypt and Libya. Reviews tectonic elements, geology of the Pan-African Shield, and Phanerozoic geological evolution of the five North African countries; describes most of the lithostratigraphic units; contains over 2500 references"--