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African Meteorites
| African Meteorites |
| Autore | Ibhi Abderrahmane |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sharjah : , : Bentham Science Publishers, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Disciplina | 523.51 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SenesiGiorgio S
OuknineLahcen |
| Soggetto topico |
Meteorites
Geology - Africa |
| ISBN |
9789815136296
9815136291 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- End User License Agreement -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Basic Issues on Meteorites: Origin, Formation, Identification, Nomenclature -- Lahcen Ouknine1,*, Fouad Khiri1,2 and Abderrahmane Ibhi1 -- INTRODUCTION -- ORIGIN OF METEORITES: VESTIGES OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- The Composition of the Solar System -- Formation and Ages of Meteorites -- Origin of Meteorites -- Ages of Meteorites -- CATEGORIZATION AND NOMENCLATURE OF METEORITES -- Categorization of Meteorites: Falls and Finds -- Nomenclature of Meteorites -- CRITERIA FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF METEORITES -- Macroscopic Recognition -- Microscopic Recognition -- CLASSIFICATION OF METEORITES -- Undifferentiated Meteorites: Chondrites -- Carbonaceous Chondrites -- Ordinary Chondrites -- Enstatite Chondrites -- R-type Chondrites -- K-type Chondrites -- Achondrites -- Primitive Undifferentiated Achondrites -- Differentiated Achondrites -- Differentiated Asteroidal Achondrites -- Aubrites -- Angrites -- Planetary Achondrites -- Iron Meteorites -- Mixed or Stony-iron Meteorites -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Meteorite Falls in Africa -- Fouad Khiri1,2,3,*, Abderrahmane Ibhi1,2 and Lahcen Ouknine1,2 -- INTRODUCTION -- TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF METEORITE FALLS IN AFRICA -- Evolution of Numbers, Masses, and Classes of African Observed Meteorite Falls -- Evolution of Falls Numbers -- Evolution of Falls Masses -- Evolution of Falls Classes -- Geographical Distribution of Observed Meteorite Falls in Africa -- MAJOR FACTORS AFFECTING THE OBSERVATION AND COLLECTION OF METEORITE FALLS IN AFRICA -- Observed Meteorite Fall Rate and Population Density -- Observed Meteorite Falls Rate and Historical and Educational Factors.
Observed Meteorite Fall Rates as a Function of Surface Size, Forest Cover and Vegetation Type -- Observed Meteorite Falls Rate and Distance of their Location from the Road -- The Effect of Climate on Meteorites Falls Observation -- SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Meteorite Finds in Africa -- Lahcen Ouknine1,2,*, Giorgio S. Senesi3, Fouad Khiri1,2, Abderrahmane Ibhi1,2 and Mohamed Th. S. Heikal4 -- INTRODUCTION -- FACTORS INFLUENCING METEORITES FINDS IN AFRICA -- Historical and Cultural Factors -- Natural Factors: Climate and Plant Coverage -- AFRICAN METEORITE FINDS: CLASSES AND MASS DISTRIBUTION -- Relative Abundance by Class and Type -- Mass Distribution -- GRADES AND FACTORS OF WEATHERING OF AFRICAN METEORITE FINDS -- Weathering Grades -- Factors Influencing the Weathering Grade -- Climate -- Sample Mass -- Terrestrial Age -- Sample Porosity -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Meteorites of Northwest Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Mali, Mauritania -- Lahcen Ouknine1,2,*, Fouad Khiri1,2,3 and Abderrahmane Ibhi1,2 -- INTRODUCTION -- COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF NWA METEORITES -- ALLOCATION OF NWA METEORITES TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN -- Circumstances of Discovery of NWA Meteorites -- Renaiming Proposed for NWA Meteorites -- Temporal Evolution of Total NWA Meteorite Finds and Total Located Meteorites in Four Northwest African Countries -- Temporal Evolution of NWA Meteorite Finds and Located Meteorites in Each of the Four Northwest African Countries -- Morocco -- Algeria -- Mauritania -- Mali -- CLASSIFICATION OF NWA METEORITES -- METEORITES FROM NORTHWEST AFRICA: A DISSIPATED HERITAGE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Meteorites of Morocco: Falls and Finds -- Abderrahmane Ibhi1,2,*, Fouad Khiri1,2, Giorgio S. Senesi3 and Hassan Nachit2 -- INTRODUCTION -- METEORITES IN ANCIENT TIMES IN MOROCCO. Ancient Stone Carvings Confirm that Meteorites Struck Morocco -- The Meteoritic Origin of Morocco Iron Dagger Blades -- MOROCCAN METEORITE FALLS -- Exceptional Meteorite Falls -- Ordinary Chondritic Meteorite Falls -- Strewnfields -- Probable Meteors and Falls -- Statistical Study of Observed Meteorite Falls in Morocco -- MOROCCAN METEORITE FINDS -- General Data and Statistics -- Rare Meteorite Finds in Morocco -- Other Relevant Meteorite Finds in Morocco -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Meteorites of Sahara -- José García1,*, Lahcen Ouknine2,3 and Giorgio S. Senesi4 -- INTRODUCTION -- PROTOCOL TO BE FOLLOWED IN METEORITE RECOVERY -- Do Not Touch the Meteorite -- Mark the Coordinates and the Scale -- Provide Photographic Documentation of the Finding -- Take Notes -- Collection and Preservation of Fragments -- FACTORS AFFECTING METEORITE PRESERVATION -- Wind -- Water -- Disorganized Collection of Samples -- Magnets -- WEATHERING -- RECOGNITION OF METEORITES ON THE GROUND -- DENSE METEORITE COLLECTION AREAS -- SCIENTIFIC AND MARKETING VALUE OF METEORITES -- A FEW FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Meteorite Falls, Finds and Impact Craters in North East Africa: Egypt, Sudan and Libya -- Mohamed Th. S. Heikal1,*, Lahcen Ouknine2,3 and Giorgio S. Senesi4 -- INTRODUCTION -- EGYPT -- SUDAN -- LIBYA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Conclusion -- Subject Index -- Back Cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911008995603321 |
Ibhi Abderrahmane
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| Sharjah : , : Bentham Science Publishers, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geological atlas of Africa [[electronic resource] ] : with notes on stratigraphy, tectonics, economic geology, geohazards and geosites of each country / / Thomas Schlüter ; with contributions by Martin H. Trauth
| Geological atlas of Africa [[electronic resource] ] : with notes on stratigraphy, tectonics, economic geology, geohazards and geosites of each country / / Thomas Schlüter ; with contributions by Martin H. Trauth |
| Autore | Schlüter Thomas |
| Edizione | [2nd four-coloured rev. and enl. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, : Springer, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina |
556
912.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TrauthMartin H |
| Soggetto topico | Geology - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-31433-1
9786611314330 3-540-76373-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Aims and Concepts of the Atlas -- Early Geological Maps of Africa -- Tectonostratigraphic Synopsis -- Review of Countries and Teritorries. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451088503321 |
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Schlüter Thomas
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| Berlin, : Springer, 2008 | ||
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Geological atlas of Africa [[electronic resource] ] : with notes on stratigraphy, tectonics, economic geology, geohazards and geosites of each country / / Thomas Schlüter ; with contributions by Martin H. Trauth
| Geological atlas of Africa [[electronic resource] ] : with notes on stratigraphy, tectonics, economic geology, geohazards and geosites of each country / / Thomas Schlüter ; with contributions by Martin H. Trauth |
| Autore | Schlüter Thomas |
| Edizione | [2nd four-coloured rev. and enl. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, : Springer, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina |
556
912.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TrauthMartin H |
| Soggetto topico | Geology - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-281-31433-1
9786611314330 3-540-76373-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Aims and Concepts of the Atlas -- Early Geological Maps of Africa -- Tectonostratigraphic Synopsis -- Review of Countries and Teritorries. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784844803321 |
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Schlüter Thomas
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| Berlin, : Springer, 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Journal of African earth sciences
| Journal of African earth sciences |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Pergamon |
| Soggetto topico |
Earth sciences - Africa
Earth sciences - Middle East Geology - Africa Geology - Middle East Earth sciences - Africa - Periodicals Earth sciences - Middle East - Periodicals Geology - Africa - Periodicals Geology - Middle East - Periodicals Sciences de la terre - Afrique - Périodiques Sciences de la terre - Moyen-Orient - Périodiques Géologie - Afrique - Périodiques Géologie - Moyen-Orient - Périodiques Sciences de la terre - Afrique Earth sciences Geology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1879-1956 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996208948703316 |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Pergamon | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Journal of African earth sciences
| Journal of African earth sciences |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Pergamon |
| Soggetto topico |
Earth sciences - Africa
Earth sciences - Middle East Geology - Africa Geology - Middle East Earth sciences - Africa - Periodicals Earth sciences - Middle East - Periodicals Geology - Africa - Periodicals Geology - Middle East - Periodicals Sciences de la terre - Afrique - Périodiques Sciences de la terre - Moyen-Orient - Périodiques Géologie - Afrique - Périodiques Géologie - Moyen-Orient - Périodiques Sciences de la terre - Afrique Earth sciences Geology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1879-1956 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146904703321 |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Pergamon | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New studies on former and recent landscape changes in Africa / / editor, Jurgen Runge
| New studies on former and recent landscape changes in Africa / / editor, Jurgen Runge |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Disciplina | 561/.1096 |
| Collana | Palaeoecology of Africa : international yearbook of landscape evolution and palaeoenvironments |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleoecology - Africa
Geology - Africa |
| ISBN |
0-429-22769-8
1-315-81505-2 |
| Classificazione | NAT010000SCI031000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION; CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1: PALAEOECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN THE SOKOTO BASIN AND THE DEEP OFFSHORE NIGER DELTA (NIGERIA) EVIDENCED BY BENTHONIC FORAMINIFERAL MICROFAUNA; CHAPTER 2: A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER: LATE PLEISTOCENE ENVIRONMENTS AND BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTATIONS AT BLOMBOS CAVE, SOUTH AFRICA; CHAPTER 3: LATE QUATERNARY VALLEY AND SLOPE DEPOSITS AND THEIR PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE UPPER CONGO BASIN, CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAPTER 4: LAKE LEVEL CHANGES OF BAROMBI MBO (CAMEROON) DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY: COMPARED CATCHMENT AND CRATER LAKE RECORDSCHAPTER 5: PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE HOLOCENE DEBRIS-FLOW PROCESS IN LAKE ASSOM (ADAMAWA, CAMEROON); CHAPTER 6: PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE CHIWONDO AND CHITIMWE BEDS (N-MALAWI); CHAPTER 7: WHY 'YOUNGER DRYAS'? WHY NOT 'ANTARCTIC COLD REVERSAL'? EKSTEENFONTEIN REVISITED; CHAPTER 8: HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY LANDSCAPE DEGRADATION IN ANAMBRA STATE (NIGERIA): IMPACTS AND REMEDIAL MEASURES CHAPTER 9: CLIMATE CHANGE ANALYSIS ACROSS RAINFALL-DISCHARGE VARIABILITY IN SELECTED RIVER CATCHMENTS OF KENYA AND CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICBOOK SERIES PAGE |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790770503321 |
| Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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