Beschreibung
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.
Produktsicherheitsverordnung
Hersteller:
Springer Verlag GmbH
juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Tiergartenstr. 17
DE 69121 Heidelberg
Schlagzeile
Inhaltsangabe1 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.
