Uranium geology of the Middle East and North Africa : resources, exploration and development program /: resources, exploration and development program. ([2021])
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- Title:
- Uranium geology of the Middle East and North Africa : resources, exploration and development program /: resources, exploration and development program. ([2021])
- Main Title:
- Uranium geology of the Middle East and North Africa : resources, exploration and development program
- Further Information:
- Note: Fares Howari.
- Authors:
- Howari, Fares
- Other Names:
- Salman, Abdelaty
Goodell, Philip - Contents:
- Front cover -- Half title -- Full title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the authors -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Geochemistry of uranium -- Distribution of uranium -- Mineralogy of uranium and thorium -- Uranium mineralogy -- The role of nuclear programs -- Role of nuclear programs in providing water -- The role of nuclear programs in providing energy -- Nuclear reactors -- Pressurized ordinary water reactors -- Boiling water reactors -- Water-cooled graphite reactors -- Heavy water reactors -- Gas-cooling reactors -- Rapid generating reactors -- Reference Chapter 2 -- Geology of the Middle East and North Africa -- Extension and features of Arabo-Nubian Shield -- Precambrian basement -- Infracambrian -- Cambrian -- Ordovician -- Epicontinental sediments -- The Fezzan, Libya -- Kharga-Dakhla Oases, Egypt -- The Nubian Sandstone of the Aswan district -- Khartoum region, Sudan -- Wadi Araba, west side Gulf of Suez, Egypt -- Sinai Peninsula, Egypt -- Vicinity of Jebel Ram and El Quweira, southern Jordan -- West of Salt, northwest Jordan -- Ramon Valley in Negev, Israel -- Geosynclinals/shelf deposits -- Tertiary volcanic -- Epeirogenic movements Rifting -- Tertiary orogeny -- Quaternary cover -- Geotectonic framework and mineralization -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Exploration of uranium with case studies -- Information collection -- Select target area -- Regional geological survey -- Air-based regional radioactivity survey -- Car-borne radioactivity survey -- RadioFront cover -- Half title -- Full title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the authors -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Geochemistry of uranium -- Distribution of uranium -- Mineralogy of uranium and thorium -- Uranium mineralogy -- The role of nuclear programs -- Role of nuclear programs in providing water -- The role of nuclear programs in providing energy -- Nuclear reactors -- Pressurized ordinary water reactors -- Boiling water reactors -- Water-cooled graphite reactors -- Heavy water reactors -- Gas-cooling reactors -- Rapid generating reactors -- Reference Chapter 2 -- Geology of the Middle East and North Africa -- Extension and features of Arabo-Nubian Shield -- Precambrian basement -- Infracambrian -- Cambrian -- Ordovician -- Epicontinental sediments -- The Fezzan, Libya -- Kharga-Dakhla Oases, Egypt -- The Nubian Sandstone of the Aswan district -- Khartoum region, Sudan -- Wadi Araba, west side Gulf of Suez, Egypt -- Sinai Peninsula, Egypt -- Vicinity of Jebel Ram and El Quweira, southern Jordan -- West of Salt, northwest Jordan -- Ramon Valley in Negev, Israel -- Geosynclinals/shelf deposits -- Tertiary volcanic -- Epeirogenic movements Rifting -- Tertiary orogeny -- Quaternary cover -- Geotectonic framework and mineralization -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Exploration of uranium with case studies -- Information collection -- Select target area -- Regional geological survey -- Air-based regional radioactivity survey -- Car-borne radioactivity survey -- Radio hydrogeological survey -- Geochemical survey -- Geophysical surveys -- Gamma-ray method -- Electromagnetic method -- Induced polarization (IP) method -- Remote-sensing method -- Other surveying methods -- Emanation survey -- Uranometrical survey -- Luminescent mineral survey Geo-botanical survey -- Exploration drilling -- Bulk sampling -- El-Missikat case study -- Kab Amiri case study -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Geosystems model of uranium deposits -- Magmatic uranium deposit types -- Volcanic uranium deposit type regime -- Hydrothermal -- Platforms -- Sedimentological branch of uranium deposit types intra-cratonic sedimentary basins and their surfaces -- Surface processes -- Other, outlier, uranium deposit types -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Uranium resources in the Middle East and North Africa -- Introduction -- Geological overview -- Historical review Uranium prospects -- El Missikat and El Erediya -- Um Ara -- Jebel Qattar prospect -- Uranium resources potentialities -- Proterozoic basement rocks -- Younger granites -- Volcanic rocks -- Intra-cratonic basins -- Basal Paleozoic conglomerate -- Paleozoic sedimentary sequence -- Gebel Al Uwaynat area -- Um Kharit rift basin -- Um Bogma -- Phosphate deposits -- Placer deposits -- Introduction -- Geology of Iran -- Uranium provinces -- Saghand uranium deposit -- Uranium resources potentialities in Iran -- The Doran leucogranite -- Palaeozoic sequences -- Salt plugs -- Phosphate deposits … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- San Diego : Elsevier
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Subjects:
- 553.49320956
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780323909938
0323909930 - Notes:
- Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2021).
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