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Regional Geology of Africa

Sunday W. Petters (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXI, 722 Seiten

1991
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-54528-6 (ISBN)

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This balanced and comprehensive overview of geology,tectonics, and mineral resources of Africa presentsmultifarious facets of Archean to Quaternary geology,including aspects of plate tectonics evolution andgeological history of the Earth's oldest continent.Assembled data on igneous and metamorphic petrology,geochemistry, structures and tectonics, stratigraphy,historical geology, geomorphology, geophysics, mineraldeposits and petroleum geology provide a unique textbook forlecturers, students and researchers in the named fields.

1 Introduction.- 2 The Precambrian of Africa: An Introduction.- 3 The Archean.- 4 Early Proterozoic Cratonic Basins and Mobile Belts.- 5 The Mid-Proterozoic Kibaran Belts.- 6 Late Proterozoic-Early Plaeozoic Pan-African Mobile Belts.- 7 Precambrian Glaciation and Fossil Record.- 8 Paleozoic Sedimentary Basins in Africa.- 9 Mesozoic-Cenozoic Basins in Africa.- 10 Phanerozoic Interplate Magmatism in Africa.- 11 The Quaternary in Africa.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.10.1991
Reihe/Serie	Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
Zusatzinfo	XXI, 722 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1111 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
Schlagworte	Chemistry • Evolution • Geochemistry • Geodynamik • Geology • geomorphology • Geophysics • Lagerstätten • Mineral • mineral deposits • Mineral Resources • Petroleum Geology • Petrology • Plate Tectonics • Plattentektonik • Präcambrium • Precambrian geology • Sediment • Stratigraphy • Tectonics
ISBN-10	3-540-54528-X / 354054528X
ISBN-13	978-3-540-54528-6 / 9783540545286
Zustand	Neuware