Regional Geology of Africa

This balanced and comprehensive overview of geology, tectonics, and mineral resources of Africa presents multifarious facets of Archean to Quaternary geology, including aspects of plate tectonics evolution and geological history of the Earth's oldest continent. Assembled data on igneous and met...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petters, Sunday W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
Series:Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This balanced and comprehensive overview of geology, tectonics, and mineral resources of Africa presents multifarious facets of Archean to Quaternary geology, including aspects of plate tectonics evolution and geological history of the Earth's oldest continent. Assembled data on igneous and metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, structures and tectonics, stratigraphy, historical geology, geomorphology, geophysics, mineral deposits and petroleum geology provide a unique textbook for lecturers, students and researchers in the named fields
Physical Description:XXI, 722 p online resource
ISBN:9783540384403