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Lithospheric Architecture and Precambrian Geology of the Hoggar and Adjacent Areas

A reference case for mapping and modeling in geosciences

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  • Aug 2024

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Editors:
  1. Mohamed Hamoudi

    1. Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Algiers, Algeria

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  2. Abderrahmane Bendaoud

    1. University of Sciences and Technology, Algiers, Algeria

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  3. Jean-Louis Bodinier

    1. Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

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  4. Khadidja Ouzegane

    1. University of Sciences and Technology, Algiers, Algeria

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  5. Hugo Perfettini

    1. ISTerre Grenoble, Grenoble, France

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  • Presents new maps of the southern Algeria at various scales
  • Includes mathematical and numerical descriptions of the methods with tutorials and software
  • Outlines new insights into the geological and geophysical properties of the Hoggar shield and adjacent areas

Part of the book series: Regional Geology Reviews (RGR)

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Keywords

  • Geological Mapping and Modelling
  • Hoggar Shield
  • West African Craton
  • Geological Structures
  • Modelling Geodynamical and Petrological Processes
  • Algerian Precambian Domain

About this book

This book presents the latest advances in mapping the geological structures and modeling the geodynamical and petrological processes in the Hoggar shield and adjacent areas of the northeast West African Craton, which is home to the oldest rocks in Algeria. Its respective chapters discuss the structural geology, geophysical methods, igneous processes, metamorphic petrology and metallogeny.

The mapping and modeling are based on satellite data and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), so the mapping ranges from continental to crystalline scale and the ages range from 3.2 Ga to the recent Cenozoic. Further, various types of commercial and open source software (partially developed by the authors) were used.

Gathering papers by respected experts in the methods applied and the Algerian Precambrian domain, the book offers a valuable reference guide to a range of mapping and modeling methodologies, as well as a geological and geophysical description of the Hoggar shield and the northeast West African Craton.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Algiers, Algeria

    Mohamed Hamoudi

  • University of Sciences and Technology, Algiers, Algeria

    Abderrahmane Bendaoud, Khadidja Ouzegane

  • Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    Jean-Louis Bodinier

  • ISTerre Grenoble, Grenoble, France

    Hugo Perfettini

About the editors

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hamoudi is a Full Professor of Geomapping and Remote Sensing at the Department of Geology at the “Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene” in Algiers, Algeria, and a visiting scientist at the GFZ Potsdam, Germany. Prof. Mohamed has published over 30 articles in international, peer-reviewed ISI journals. 

Prof. Dr. Khadidja Ouzegane is a Full Professor at the “Faculté des Sciences de la Terre, de l’Aménagement du Territoire et de la Géographie” at the “Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene” in Algiers, Algeria. Professor Ouzegane has contributed to research on the nature and evolution of continental crust, geochemistry and distribution of rare earth elements in carbonatites, and the application of mineral equilibria modeling techniques to investigate metamorphic processes in Archean and Precambrian rocks in Hoggar (southern Algeria). She has published over 30 articles in international, peer-reviewed ISI journals. 

Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis Bodinier is the Head of the department “Geosciences Montpellier” at the University Montpellier 2. He has extensive experience in researching the structure, composition and evolution of the continental lithospheric mantle, and easthenosphere–lithosphere interactions (metasomatism, igneous refertilization and thermo-chemical erosion) based on mantle rocks studies (massifs and inclusions in lavas). His research interests also focus on (1) the distribution of trace elements in the Earth’s mantle, from the sub-mineral scale (microphases) to geochemical reservoirs and (2) the simulation of geochemical fractionation and isotopic decoupling related to magma transport and melt–rock interactions in the upper mantle. He has published more than 80 articles in international, peer-reviewed ISI journals.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lithospheric Architecture and Precambrian Geology of the Hoggar and Adjacent Areas

  • Book Subtitle: A reference case for mapping and modeling in geosciences

  • Editors: Mohamed Hamoudi, Abderrahmane Bendaoud, Jean-Louis Bodinier, Khadidja Ouzegane, Hugo Perfettini

  • Series Title: Regional Geology Reviews

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70249-0Due: 11 September 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70250-6Due: 11 September 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2364-6438

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-6446

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 272

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour

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