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Title African basins / edited by R.C. Selley.

Imprint Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science, 1997.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 394 pages) : illustrations, maps
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Sedimentary basins of the world ; 3
Sedimentary basins of the world ; 3.
Summary Following on from the first 2 books in the series, <IT>Sedimentary Basins of the World</IT>, which covered Chinese Sedimentary Basins (Volume 1) and South Pacific Sedimentary Basins (Volume 2), comes Volume 3, on African Basins. Africa covers a larger land area than the USA, Europe, India and the ASEAN nations put together. It is rich in natural resources, including oil, gas, coal and nearly every metalliferous mineral. Yet Africa is still one of the least explored continents. This book brings together in one volume, concise reviews of basins previously documented in a vast array of diffuse literature. It also contains some of the first detailed accounts of several basins which have never before been described in such depth. These include the onshore Owambo, Iullemmeden, and Sudanese rift basins, and the offshore basins of southern Africa. The contributions are by authors, and teams of authors, with great knowledge and experience of the basins that they describe. The thirteen chapters are arranged in 3 parts covering North Africa, Central Africa and Southern Africa and the book is illustrated by maps, cross-sections, stratigraphic sections and seismic lines. Each chapter includes a comprehensive bibliography and the book concludes with a subject index. For academic geologists researching the geology of Africa, and for industrial geologists seeking natural resources within African sedimentary rocks, this book is an invaluable source of information.
Note Includes fold-out pages of other illustrations and maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents The sedimentary basins of northwest Africa: stratigraphy and sedimentation / R.C. Selley -- The basins of northwest Africa: structural evolution / R.C. Selley -- The Sirte Basin of Libya / R.C. Selley -- Sedimentary basins of Egypt: an overview of dynamic stratigraphy / A.S. El Hawat -- The Iullemmeden Basin / R.T.J. Moody -- Rift basins of the Sudan / R.B. Salama -- The Niger Delta Basin / T.J.A. Reijers, S.W. Petters, C.S. Nwajide -- The West African coastal basins / M.A. Ala, R.C. Selley -- The east African rift basins / L.E. Frostick -- The coastal basins of Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania / E.I. Mbede, A. Dualeh -- The Owambo Basin of northern Namibia / R. McG. Miller -- The Foreland Karoo Basin, South Africa / M.R. Johnson, C.J. van Vuuren, J.N.J. Visser [and others] -- Late Mesozoic sedimentary basins off the south coast of South Africa / I.K. McMillan, G.J. Brink, D.S. Broad [and others] -- Puzzling questions in the simple history of a continent / K.J. Hsü.
Note Print version record.
Subject Sedimentary basins -- Africa.
Bassins sédimentaires -- Afrique.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
Sedimentary basins
Africa https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkHrMyfHC67yqRTycbrv3
Added Author Selley, Richard C., 1939-
Other Form: Print version: African basins. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science, 1997 9780444825711 (DLC) 97017650 (OCoLC)37011244
ISBN 9780080540825 (electronic bk.)
0080540821 (electronic bk.)
9780444825711 (electronic bk.)
0444825711 (electronic bk.)
1282711032
9781282711037
0444430180 (series)
Standard No. AU@ 000048129549
DEBBG BV042309092
DEBSZ 36777383X
DEBSZ 482438533
NZ1 12433663
NZ1 15191620

 
    
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