Regional Geology of Africa [Paperback]

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.This volume presents a balanced and comprehensive coverage of the basement and basin geology as well as of mineral resources of the entire African continent. It is addressed to researchers, lecturers and students in regional geology, historical geology and stratigraphy, economic geology and mineral resources.Springer Book ArchivesDE