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JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 36, Issue 4, Pages 273-313Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(03)00048-4
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Ethiopia; geology; mineral resources; digital cartography; geographic information systems; Nubian Shield
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This work presents a geoscientific map and database for geology, mineral and energy resources of Ethiopia in a digital form at a scale of 1:2.000.000, compiled from several sources. The final result of the work has been recorded on CD-ROM in GIS format so that the map and the database could be available to users on a personal computer. Metallic resources (precious, rare, base and ferrous-ferroalloy metals) are widely related to the metamorphic meta-volcano-sedimentary belts and associated intrusives belonging to various terranes of the Arabian-Nubian Shield, accreted during the East and West Gondwana collision (Neoproterozoic, 900-500 Ma). Industrial minerals and rock resources occur in more diversified geological environments, including the Proterozoic basement rocks, the Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic sediments and recent (Cenozoic) volcanics and associated sediments. Energy resources (oil, coal, geothermal resources) are restricted to Phanerozoic basin sediments and Cenozoic volcanism and rifting areas. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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