Table of Contents

1. History of Geology and Hydrocarbon Exploration in North Africa
2. Northeast Africa’s Basins
3. Tertiary volcanics
4. Northwest Africa’s Basins
5. Precambrian
6. Phanerozoic geology of Egypt
7. Mesozoic
8. Tertiary
9. Tertiary-Quaternary
10. Quaternary (Pleistocene-Holocene)
11. Phanerozoic geology of Libya
12. Paleozoic
13. Mesozoic
14. Tertiary
15. Phanerozoic geology of Algeria
16. Phanerozoic geology of Tunisia
17. Phanerozoic geology of Morocco
18. Petroleum geology & petroleum systems of North Africa
19. Hydrocarbon systems in North Africa
20. Phanerozoic geological history
References
Subject index
Color plates

About the Author

Ed Tawadros, Ph.D., P. Geol., is an international geological consultant based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Educated in Egypt, Scotland and Canada and specialized as an applied geologist, he worked for a number of consulting and major oil companies in Egypt, Canada, Libya, Argentina and other countries. With a rich research and publication career in the geology of Northern Africa, he is a true specialist in this area. Dr Tawadros has also written several papers on the geology of Canada and is currently active in Argentina. Besides a PhD in Geology from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, he holds a BA Major in Spanish from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.