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.

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Book Title: Regional Geology of Africa
Editors: Sunday W. Petters
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0020577
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-54528-6Published: 23 October 1991
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-38440-3Published: 23 November 2005
Series ISSN: 0930-0317
Series E-ISSN: 1613-2580
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 722
Topics: Geology, Mineral Resources, Geography, general
Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment, Materials & Steel, Oil, Gas & Geosciences

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