Geological Atlas of Africa With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics
T is atlas is intended primarily for anybody who is in-some background for the arrangement of how the terested in basic geology of Africa. Its originality lies atlas was done. T e second chapter is devoted to the in the fact that the regional geology of e
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Thomas Schl¨uter
Geological Atlas of Africa With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards, Geosites and Geoscientific Education of Each Country With contributions by Martin H. Trauth 2nd four-coloured revised and enlarged edition, with 417 figures and a CD-ROM
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Thomas Schl¨uter UNESCO Nairobi Office Nairobi Kenya [email protected]
ISBN: 978-3-540-76324-6
e-ISBN: 978-3-540-76373-4
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008923786 1st Edition 2006 c 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Typesetting: Camera-ready by E. Sillmann Cover design: WMXDesign, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com
Acknowledgements
Over the last 10 years since the inception of the Geological Atlas of Africa Project, I have been fortunate to have had support from many individuals and institutions in several African, European and North American countries. My interest in the compilation of geological overview maps of Africa grew out from the conviction of my late supervisor, Walter G. Kühne, who had taught me that basic understanding of the geology of an area or region will never happen without initial observation of the respective available geological map. It is therefore my hope that by critical evaluation of the here presented maps further scientific work may be successfully carried out.
Digitizing of various printed maps was done by Dirk Spengler (Utrecht), Nadja Insel (Potsdam) and Stephen Mogere (Nairobi). The fi nal layout of the maps and the complete page design was created by Dipl.-Ing. Elisabeth Sillmann (Landau/Pfalz).
I am indebted to a great number of individuals for assistance in many areas beyond my own discipline of Historical Geology and Palaeontology. Financial support was received from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), namely Mr. Cay Etzold, Director of the DAAD Office in Nairobi from 2001–2005. My colleagues in the UNESCO Nairobi Office, Dr. Paul Vitta, Prof. Joseph Massaquoi, Alice Ochanda, and Dr. Robert Höft (now Toronto) provided an environment that was very innovative for the creation of the maps and the text of the atlas. Similarly I was encouraged by my colleagues at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, Drs.
