Intro
Preface
Why This Book?
Contents
References
Contents
About the Editors
1 Turin Papyrus Map and Historical Background of Geological Work in Egypt
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Turin Papyrus
1.3 Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Activities
1.4 From Bonaparte to the End of the Nineteenth Century
1.5 1896 to 1950
1.6 Since 1950
1.7 Future Trends
Acknowledgements
References
2 The Egyptian Nubian Shield Within the Frame of the Arabian-Nubian Shield
Abstract
2.1 Formation and Amalgamation of Gondwana Supercontinent

2.2 Orogens that Shaped the Greater Gondwana
2.2.1 The West- African-Brasiliano Orogeny
2.2.2 The Damara-Zambesi-Lufilian Orogeny
2.2.3 The East African Orogeny
2.2.4 Kuunga Orogeny
2.3 The Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS)
2.3.1 Geology of the Arabian-Nubian Shield
2.3.2 Ophiolites of the Arabian-Nubian Shield
2.3.3 How Juvenile Is the Arabian-Nubian Shield?
2.3.4 Accretion and Thickening in the Arabian-Nubian Shield
2.3.5 Tectonic Models of the Arabian-Nubian Shield
2.4 The Egyptian Nubian Shield
2.4.1 The South-Eastern Desert (SED)

2.4.2 The Central Eastern Desert (CED)
2.4.3 The Northern Eastern Desert (NED)
2.4.4 The Egyptian Nubian Shield in Sinai
2.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks
References
3 Rock Succession in Egyptian Nubian Shield
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Brief Classification of the Egyptian Basement Rocks
3.2.1 Stratigraphical Classification of Precambrian Rocks (Geosynclinal Concept)
3.2.2 Structural Classification
3.3 History of Pan-African
3.4 General Description of the Rock Units Constituting the Basement Complex
3.4.1 Gneiss Assemblages

3.4.2 Age of the Gneissic Rocks
3.5 Pan-African Rock Assemblages
3.5.1 Ophiolites
3.5.2 Age of Ophiolites
3.5.3 Age of the Metavolcanics
3.5.4 Dokhan Volcanics
3.5.4.1 Post-Hammamat Felsite
3.5.4.2 Age of the Dokhan Volcanics
3.5.5 Hammamat Group
3.5.5.1 Age of the Hammamat Sediments
3.5.6 Ultrabasic-Basic Intrusions
3.5.6.1 Ages of Ultrabasic-Basic Intrusions
3.5.7 Granites
3.5.7.1 Age of the Older Granitoids
3.5.7.2 Age of the Younger Granitoids
Acknowledgements
References

4 The Sinai Metamorphic Complexes from Rodinia Rifting to the Gondwana Collision
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Sinai Metamorphic Complexes
4.2.1 Lithology, Setting, and Protoliths of the Feiran-Solaf Metamorphic Complex (FSMC)
4.2.2 Lithology, Setting, and Protoliths of the Taba Metamorphic Complex (TMC)
4.2.3 Lithology, Setting, and Protoliths of the Kid Metamorphic Complex (KMC)
4.2.4 Lithology, Setting, and Protoliths of the Sa'al-Zaghara Metamorphic Complex (SZMC)
4.3 Structural Setting of Sinai Metamorphic Complexes
4.3.1 Structure of the Feiran-Solaf Complex