Geology of North Africa. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: E. Edward Tawadros.
• Other Names: Tawadros, E (Ezzat); Tawadros, E (Ezzat)
• Contents: Preface Acknowledgements; About the author ; PART 1 HISTORY OF GEOLOGY AND HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION IN NORTH AFRICA ; 1. Introduction 1.1 Egypt 1.2 Libya 1.3 Algeria 1.4 Tunisia 1.5 Morocco ; ; PART 2 TECTONIC FRAMEWORK OF NORTH AFRICA ; 2. Northeast Africa’s Basins 2.1 Mediterranean Basin 2.2 Alboran Sea 2.3 Nile Basin 2.4 Northern Egypt Basin 2.5 Gulf of Suez & Red Sea 2.5.1 Evolution of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez 2.6 Cyrenaica/Marmarica Platform 2.7 Sirte Basin 2.7.1 Evolution of the Sirte Basin 2.8 Murzuq Basin 2.9 Ghadames Basin 2.10 Kufra Basin 2.11 Jifarah Basin ; 3. Tertiary volcanics ; 4. Northwest Africa’s Basins 4.1 Algerian Basins 4.2 Tunisian Basins 4.3 Moroccan Basins 4.3.1 Evolution of the Atlas Mountains 4.4 Western High Atlas 4.5 Argana Basin 4.6 Souss Basin 4.7 Haouz Basin 4.7.1 Tectonic history of the Meseta Domain 4.8 The Atlantic Passive Margin 4.9 Moroccan Marginal Basins 4.10 Agadir, Tarfaya, and Essaouira Basins 4.11 Essaouira-Haha Basin 4.12 Guercif Basin; 4.13 Tafilalt & Maider sub-Basins ; ; PART 3 PAN-AFRICAN SHIELD & WEST AFRICAN CRATON ; 5. Precambrian 5.1 Stratigraphy 5.1.1 Gneisses and migmatites 5.1.2 Metasediments 5.1.3 Old metasediments 5.1.4 Old metavolcanics 5.1.5 Serpentinites 5.1.6 Gabbros 5.1.7 Granitoids 5.1.8 Dokhan volcanics; 5.1.9 Younger gabbros 5.1.10 Younger granites 5.1.11 Trachyte plugs (post-Hammamat felsites) 5.1.12 Swarm dikes 5.1.13 Ring dike complexes 5.2 Evolution of the Pan-African Shield 5.2.1 I. Lower Gebel Oweinat cycle 5.2.2 II. Upper Gebel Oweinat cycle 5.2.2.1 Rodinia Supercontinent (1300–1000 Ma) 5.2.3 III. Lower magmatic-arc cycle 5.2.3.1 Platform and ocean basin assemblages 5.2.3.2 Ophiolite assemblages 5.2.3.3 Volcanic-arc assemblages 5.2.3.4 Older granitoids, gneisses & migmatization (987–670 Ma) 5.2.4 IV. Upper Magmatic-Arc Cycle (650–550 Ma) 5.2.4.1 Upper magmatic-arc sequence of the Northern Eastern Desert 5.2.4.2 Hammamat sediments (616–590 Ma) 5.2.4.3 Younger granites (615–550 Ma) 5.2.4.4 Dokhan volcanics 5.2.4.5 Younger gabbros 5.2.4.6 Upper magmatic-arc sequence in Southern Sinai 5.2.4.7 Upper magmatic-arc sequence of Libya and South-Central Algeria 5.2.5 V. Post-Tectonic Cycle 5.2.5.1 Ring dike complexes and Swarm dikes 5.2.5.2 Feldspathic and quartzose sandstones 5.3 Summary ; PART 4 PHANEROZOIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH AFRICA ; 6. Phanerozoic geology of Egypt 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Paleozoic 6.3 Cambrian and Ordovician 6.4 Silurian 6.5 Devonian 6.6 Carboniferous ; 7. Mesozoic 7.1 Triassic-Lower Cretaceous 7.2 Triassic 7.3 Jurassic 7.3.1 Jurassic of Sinai 7.3.2 Jurassic of the Northern Western Desert (Northern Egypt Basin) 7.4 Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous 7.4.1 Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of the Southern Western Desert 7.4.2 Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of the Northern Western Desert 7.4.3 Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of Sinai 7.5 Upper Cretaceous 7.5.1 Upper Cretaceous of the Northern Western Desert 7.5.2 Cenomanian-Santonian 7.5.2.1 Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Santonian) of Sinai and the Gulf of Suez region 7.5.2.2 Cenomanian-Santonian of the central Nile Valley and the Eastern Desert 7.5.2.3 Cenomanian-Santonian of Southern Egypt 7.5.3 Campanian 7.5.3.1 Maastrichtian chalks 7.5.3.2 Maastrichtian-Paleocene shales 7.5.3.3 Upper Cretaceous-Tertiary succession in extreme Southern Egypt 7.5.3.4 The nature of the Upper Cretaceous-Early Tertiary contact (unconformities) ; 8. Tertiary 8.1 Eocene 8.1.1 Lower Eocene (Ypresian) 8.1.2 Middle Eocene 8.1.3 Upper Eocene (Bartonian) 8.2 Oligocene 8.2.1 Miocene of the Northern Western Desert of Egypt 8.2.2 Miocene in the subsurface of the Nile Delta and its offshore area 8.2.3 Miocene of the Gulf of Suez and Red Sea region; 9. Tertiary-Quaternary 9.1 Pliocene-Pleistocene 9.1.1 Pliocene-Pleistocene sediments of the Nile Valley 9.1.2 Pliocene-Pleistocene in the subsurface and the offshore of the Nile Delta 9.1.3 Pliocene-Pleistocene of the Western Desert (Northern Egypt Basin) 9.1.4 Pliocene-Pleistocene of the Gulf of Suez and Red Sea region 9.1.5 Pliocene-Pleistocene of Sinai 10. Quaternary (Pleistocene-Holocene) ; 11. Phanerozoic geology of Libya 11.1 Introduction ; 12. Paleozoic 12.1 Cambrian and Ordovician 12.1.1 Cambrian and Ordovician of West Libya 12.1.2 Cambrian and Ordovician of the Sirte Basin 12.1.3 Cambrian and Ordovician of the Kufrah Basin 12.1.4 Cambrian and Ordovician of Northeast Libya 12.2 Silurian 12.2.1 Silurian of West Libya 12.2.2 Silurian of the Kufrah Basin 12.3 Devonian 12.3.1 Devonian of West Libya 12.3.2 Devonian of the Sirte Basin 12.3.3 Devonian of the Kufrah Basin 12.3.4 Devonian of Northeast Libya 12.4 Carboniferous 12.4.1 Carboniferous of West Libya 12.4.2 Carboniferous of the Sirte Basin 12.4.3 Carboniferous of Northeast Libya 12.4.4 Carboniferous of the Kufrah Basin 12.5 Permian ; 13. Mesozoic 13.1 Triassic-Early Cretaceous 13.2 Triassic 13.2.1 Triassic of Northwest Libya 13.2.2 Triassic of Northeast Libya & the Sirte Basin 13.2.3 Triassic of the Kufrah Basin 13.3 Jurassic 13.3.1 Jurassic of Northwest Libya 13.4 Mesozoic Continental Sediments <BR
• Publisher Details: Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 931 pages), illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
• Subjects: 556.1; Geology -- Egypt; Geology -- Libya; Geology -- Africa, North; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; SCIENCE -- Geophysics; Geology; Geologie; Africa, North; Egypt; Libya; Nordamerika; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203130612; 0203130618; 0415891469; 9780415891462; 1280121319; 9781280121319
• Related ISBNs: 9780415874205; 0415874203
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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