Author: Alan Robert Woolley

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9781862390836

This text describes and provides ready access to the literature for all known occurrences of alkaline igneous rocks and carbonatites of Africa. Over 1000 occurrences are described from 40 countries. The descriptions include geographical co-ordinates and information of structure, general geology, rock types, petrography, mineralogy, ages, economic aspects and principal references. There are 348 geological and distribution maps and a locality index.