Regional Geology of Africa

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.