Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, Part 3This text describes and provides ready access to the literature for all known occurrences of alkaline igneous rocks and carbonatites of Africa. Over 1000 occurrences are described from 40 countries. The descriptions include geographical co-ordinates and information of structure, general geology, rock types, petrography, mineralogy, ages, economic aspects and principal references. There are 348 geological and distribution maps and a locality index. |
Contents
General introduction | 1 |
Scope of the Catalogue | 2 |
Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of Africa | 3 |
Acknowledgements | 5 |
Descriptions by country Algeria | 7 |
Angola | 14 |
Benin | 25 |
Botswana | 26 |
Libya | 143 |
Madagascar | 149 |
Malawi | 158 |
Mali | 178 |
Mauritania | 184 |
Morocco | 187 |
Mozambique | 193 |
Namibia | 202 |
Burkina Faso | 27 |
Burundi | 28 |
Cameroon | 30 |
Chad | 41 |
Congo Democratic Republic | 44 |
Djibouti | 53 |
Egypt | 55 |
Equatorial Guinea | 69 |
Eritrea | 71 |
Ethiopia | 73 |
Gabon | 91 |
Ghana | 93 |
Guinea | 95 |
Ivory Coast | 97 |
Kenya | 100 |
Niger | 223 |
Nigeria | 231 |
Rwanda | 251 |
São Tomé and Principe | 254 |
Senegal | 257 |
Sierra Leone | 258 |
Somalia | 260 |
South Africa | 262 |
Sudan | 287 |
Tanzania | 311 |
Uganda | 337 |
Zambia | 355 |
Zimbabwe | 360 |
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Common terms and phrases
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