Download or read book Regional Geology of Africa written by Sunday W. Petters and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-10-23 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.