The Geology of the Arab World---An Overview

1. Front Matter

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2. Tectonics of the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Key to Understanding the Neoproterozoic Evolution of the Arabian–Nubian Shield (East African Orogen)

   • Z. Hamimi, M. A. Abd El-Wahed, H. A. Gahlan, S. Z. Kamh

   Pages 1-81

3. A New Synthetic Geological Map of the Tuareg Shield: An Overview of Its Global Structure and Geological Evolution

   • J.-P. Liégeois

   Pages 83-107

4. The 600 Ma-Old Pan-African Magmatism in the In Ouzzal Terrane (Tuareg Shield, Algeria): Witness of the Metacratonisation of a Rigid Block

   • N. Fezaa, J. P. Liégeois, N. Abdallah, O. Bruguier, B. De Waele, A. Ouabadi

   Pages 109-148

5. An Overview of the Plutons Magnetic Fabric Studies in the Hoggar Shield: Evolution of the Major Shear Zones During the Pan-African

   • B. Henry, M. E. M. Derder, S. Maouche, O. Nouar, M. Amenna, B. Bayou et al.

   Pages 149-166

6. Electrical Conductivity Constraints on the Geometry of the Western LATEA Boundary from a Magnetotelluric Data Acquired Near Tahalgha Volcanic District (Hoggar, Southern Algeria)

   • A. Bouzid, A. Bendekken, A. Deramchi, A. Abtout, N. Akacem, M. Djeddi et al.

   Pages 167-195

7. Regional Geology and Petroleum Systems of the Main Reservoirs and Source Rocks of North Africa and the Middle East

   • D. Lučić, W. Bosworth

   Pages 197-289

8. Paleomagnetism of the Western Saharan Basins: An Overview

   • M. E. M. Derder, B. Henry, S. Maouche, N. E. Merabet, M. Amenna, B. Bayou

   Pages 291-318

9. Archaeoseismology in Algeria: Observed Damages Related to Probable Past Earthquakes on Archaeological Remains on Roman Sites (Tel Atlas of Algeria)

   • K. Roumane, A. Ayadi

   Pages 319-339

10. A Glimpse at the History of Seismology in Algeria

    • Assia Harbi, Amal Sebaï, Mohamed Salah Boughacha

    Pages 341-379

11. Active Tectonics and Seismic Hazard in the Tell Atlas (Northern Algeria): A Review

    • Said Maouche, Youcef Bouhadad, Assia Harbi, Yasmina Rouchiche, Farida Ousadou, Abdelhakim Ayadi

    Pages 381-400

12. Seismicity of the Algerian Tell Atlas and the Impacts of Major Earthquakes

    • Farida Ousadou, Mourad Bezzeghoud

    Pages 401-426

13. An Overview on 40 Years of Remote Sensing Geology Based on Arab Examples

    • Jean-Paul Deroin

    Pages 427-453

14. Meteorite Impact Structures in the Arab World: An Overview

    • M. C. Chabou

    Pages 455-506

15. Holocene Climate Development of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

    • S. Lüning, F. Vahrenholt

    Pages 507-546

This book is the result of the work of the first international congress of the ArabGU (Arabian Geosciences Union) which took place in Algiers (Algeria) in February 2016. It presents research articles and review papers on geology of the North Africa and Arabian Middle East . It provides information to the public on various fields of earth sciences and encourages further research in this field in order to attract an international audience.

• Arab World Geology
• Geoparks of North Africa
• North African Geology
• Economic Geology of the Arab World
• Mineral Ressources in the Arab World
• remote sensing/photogrammetry

• University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers, Algeria

  Abderrahmane Bendaoud

• Department of Geology, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

  Zakaria Hamimi, Basem Zoheir

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

  Mohamed Hamoudi, Safouane Djemai

Prof. Dr. Abderrahmane Bendaoud is a full Professor of Geodynamic, Magmatic and Metamorphic Petrology and Geochemistry at the Department of Geology of the “Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene” in Algiers, Algeria. He is one of the vice-presidents of ArabGU (Arabian Geosciences Union). Abderrahmane has published 30 articles in international peer-reviewed ISI journals.


Prof. Dr. Zakaria Hamimi is a full Professor of Structural Geology at the Department of Geology of Benha University, Egypt. He is a member of the Egyptian Universities Promotion Committee, the Supreme Council for Universities (SCU, Egypt). He is the president of the ArabGU. He has published 23 articles in international peer-reviewed ISI journals and about 19  textbooks on Earth Sciences (Arabic Edition).

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hamoudi is a full Professor of Geomapping and Remote Sensing at the Department of Geology of the “Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene” in Algiers, Algeria and a visiting scientist at GFZ Potsdam, Germany. He is the president of the Algerian Geophysics Society. Mohamed has published 35 articles in international peer-reviewed ISI journals.



Prof. Dr. Safouane Djemai is a full Professor of Structural Geology and Remote Sensing at the Department of Geology of the “Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene” in Algiers, Algeria. He is one of the vice-presidents of ArabGU. Safouane has published several articles in international peer-reviewed ISI and other journals.



Prof. Dr. Basem Zoheir is a full Professor of Mineralogy & Economic Geology at the Department of Geology of Benha University, Egypt. He have two book chapters published by Nova Science and was a visiting scientist at the USGS (Denver Federal Center), LTU (Sweden), Univ. of Tübingen, TU Clausthal (Germany), Univ. of Geneva (Switzerland), and now a Humboldt fellow at Kiel Univ. (Germany).He is one of the vice-presidents of ArabGU. Basem has published 30 articles in international peer-reviewed ISI journals.

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