Title: Geology of North Africa
Description: "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"--
Subjects: SCIENCE / Geophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Geology, Geology, africa, Géologie, SCIENCE, Earth Sciences, General, Geophysics, Geologie
Places: Egypt, North Africa, Libya