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Uranium geology of the Middle East and North Africa : resources, exploration and development program /
Uranium Geology of the Middle East and North Africa demonstrates mining potential in the MENA region, with a special interest given to Uranium. The formation and origin of uranium deposits is of interest for uranium exploration and is necessary for the long-term sustainability of nuclear energy prod...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Elsevier,
[2022]
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- Front cover
- Half title
- Full title
- Copyright
- Contents
- About the authors
- Chapter 1
- Introduction
- Geochemistry of uranium
- Distribution of uranium
- Mineralogy of uranium and thorium
- Uranium mineralogy
- The role of nuclear programs
- Role of nuclear programs in providing water
- The role of nuclear programs in providing energy
- Nuclear reactors
- Pressurized ordinary water reactors
- Boiling water reactors
- Water-cooled graphite reactors
- Heavy water reactors
- Gas-cooling reactors
- Rapid generating reactors
- Reference
- Chapter 2
- Geology of the Middle East and North Africa
- Extension and features of Arabo-Nubian Shield
- Precambrian basement
- Infracambrian
- Cambrian
- Ordovician
- Epicontinental sediments
- The Fezzan, Libya
- Kharga-Dakhla Oases, Egypt
- The Nubian Sandstone of the Aswan district
- Khartoum region, Sudan
- Wadi Araba, west side Gulf of Suez, Egypt
- Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
- Vicinity of Jebel Ram and El Quweira, southern Jordan
- West of Salt, northwest Jordan
- Ramon Valley in Negev, Israel
- Geosynclinals/shelf deposits
- Tertiary volcanic
- Epeirogenic movements
- Rifting
- Tertiary orogeny
- Quaternary cover
- Geotectonic framework and mineralization
- References
- Chapter 3
- Exploration of uranium with case studies
- Information collection
- Select target area
- Regional geological survey
- Air-based regional radioactivity survey
- Car-borne radioactivity survey
- Radio hydrogeological survey
- Geochemical survey
- Geophysical surveys
- Gamma-ray method
- Electromagnetic method
- Induced polarization (IP) method
- Remote-sensing method
- Other surveying methods
- Emanation survey
- Uranometrical survey
- Luminescent mineral survey
- Geo-botanical survey
- Exploration drilling
- Bulk sampling
- El-Missikat case study.
- Kab Amiri case study
- References
- Chapter 4
- Geosystems model of uranium deposits
- Magmatic uranium deposit types
- Volcanic uranium deposit type regime
- Hydrothermal
- Platforms
- Sedimentological branch of uranium deposit types intra-cratonic sedimentary basins and their surfaces
- Surface processes
- Other, outlier, uranium deposit types
- References
- Chapter 5
- Uranium resources in the Middle East and North Africa
- Introduction
- Geological overview
- Historical review
- Uranium prospects
- El Missikat and El Erediya
- Um Ara
- Jebel Qattar prospect
- Uranium resources potentialities
- Proterozoic basement rocks
- Younger granites
- Volcanic rocks
- Intra-cratonic basins
- Basal Paleozoic conglomerate
- Paleozoic sedimentary sequence
- Gebel Al Uwaynat area
- Um Kharit rift basin
- Um Bogma
- Phosphate deposits
- Placer deposits
- Introduction
- Geology of Iran
- Uranium provinces
- Saghand uranium deposit
- Uranium resources potentialities in Iran
- The Doran leucogranite
- Palaeozoic sequences
- Salt plugs
- Phosphate deposits
- Geological overview
- Uranium resources in Iraq
- Uranium resources potentiality in Iraq
- Younger granites and acidic volcanics and tuffs
- Basal conglomerates and the Palaeozoic rocks
- Surfacial uranium deposits
- Phosphorite deposits
- Geological outlines
- Historical review
- Uranium resources
- Younger granites and acidic volcanics
- Basal conglomerates and Palaeozoic sediments
- Recent uranium deposits
- Phosphate deposits
- Bituminous shale (oil shale)
- Geological outlines
- Historical review on uranium exploration
- Uranium resources potentialities
- Pan-African younger granites
- The Asfar Thwelil uranium occurrence
- Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks
- Sabkhas uranium deposits
- Phosphate deposits
- Geological outlines
- Uranium resources.
- Potential uranium resources
- Pan-African granites
- Intra-cratonic rift basins
- Geological outlines
- Uranium exploration in Syria
- Potential uranium resources
- Phosphate deposits
- Eastern tectonic zone
- Recent uranium deposits
- Geological outlines
- Uranium exploration in Turkey
- Historical review of uranium exploration
- Uranium resources
- Ore reserves
- Ore types
- Turkey's thorium resources
- Geological outlines
- Jabal Hafit
- Jabal al-Rawdah
- Jebel al-Faiyah
- State of Qatar
- Kingdom of Bahrain
- Kuwait
- Potential uranium resources
- Geological outlines
- Historical review of uranium exploration
- Areas of radioactive anomalies
- Al-Gebn (southeastern region of Marib)
- Alhamorh
- Sa'dah
- Maoiwiah
- Al-Sobeiha
- Al-Jawf (northeast)
- Potential uranium resources in Yemen
- Geological outlines
- Historical review of uranium resources
- Uranium prospects
- Potential uranium resources
- Pan-African younger granites and associated volcanics
- Intra-cratonic basins
- Lower Palaeozoic conglomerates
- Phosphate deposits
- Geological outlines
- Historical review of uranium resources
- Potential uranium resources
- Pan-African younger granites
- Paleozoic-Mesozoic sedimentary sequences
- Murzuq basin
- Sarir Tibesti Trough
- Al-Kufrah basin
- Geological outlines
- Historical review of uranium exploration
- Uranium resources
- Potential uranium resources
- Pan-African granites
- Intra-cratonic basins
- Basal conglomerate and the Paleozoic clastics
- Phosphate deposits
- Geological outlines
- Uranium resources
- Potential uranium resources
- Phosphate deposits
- Volcanic rocks
- Recent uranium deposits
- References
- Index
- Back cover.