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Botswana

B 37 / Carney, J. N., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF BOTSWANA, Gaborone, 1994, 113 pages, 22 figs., 7 tables, - 2 -, $ 26


Congo [Zaire, Katanga]

B 7, Fascicule 3 / Snel, M .J. / STATISTIQUES SUR L’UTILISATION DE L’EAU DANS L’INDUSTRIE AU CONGO BELGE ET AU RUANDA-URUNDI, pb, 34 pages, - 3 -, $ 9

B 7, Fascicule 5 / Bertossa, A. and Thonnard, P. / ETUDE GEOLOGIQUE DE LA REGION MATADI INGA-MONOLITHE, pb, 12 pages, 1 geologic map (in color), - 5 -, $ 10

Cox, L. R. / FURTHER MOLLUSCA FROM THE LUALABA BEDS OF THE BELGIAN CONGO, Tervuren, 1960, pb, 15 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 26

Egoroff, J. A. / SERVICE GEOLOGIQUE LÉOPOLDVILLE, 1948, afb, 145 pages, illustrations, - 3 -, $ 45 [Contents: Ressources minérales du Congo; Deux aspects l’érosin au Congo; Un trait de géographic physique au Bas-Congo; Contribution a létude de la fauna malacologique des terasses de la régions des lacs Edouard et Kivu, more....]

Veatch, A. C. / EVOLUTION OF THE CONGO BASIN, GSA Memoir 3, 1985, cl, 183 pages, 10 plates, 8 figs., - 3 -, $ 10


Kenya

Report 78 / McCall, G. J. H. / GEOLOGY OF THE NAKURU-THOMPSTON FALLS-LAKE HANNINGTON AREA, 1967, pb, 122 pages, 10 plates (2 in pocket), 2 maps (in pocket), 17 figs., - 3 -, $ 30


Northern Rhodesia [Zambia]

Binda, P. L., et.al. / SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PRECAMBRIAN GREAT CONGLOMERATE, In: Paleo-Geography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, Volume 12, # 3, 1972, Amsterdam, 192, pb, - 3 -, $ 10 [Other articles in this issue: Late Pleistocene Calcareous nannofossils in the Caribbean and their interoceanic correlation: Transport, breakage and sorting of the bivalve Mactra corallina on the Aberdeen Beach, Scotland, more...]

Mendelsohn, F., Ed. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN RHODESIAN COPPERBELT, London, 1961, cl, 523 pages, - 3 -, $ 100 [dust cover with clear acetate covering to prevent additional tears or chips, book is fine]


Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]

B 3 / Maufe, H. B., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE SELUKWE MINERAL BELT, Salisbury, 1924, pb, 96 pages, 7 figs., 14 plates, - 3 -, $ 75

B 12 / Keep, F. E. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE SHABANI MINERAL BELT, BELINGWE DISTRICT, Salisbury, 1929, pb, 193 pages, 19 plates, 14 figs., - 3 -,  75

B 14 / Morgan, S. C. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE GAIKA GOLD MINE, QUE QUE, SOUTH RHODESIA, Salisbury, 1929, pb, 42 pages, 2 figs., 5 plates, - 3 -, $ 45

B 30 / Macgregor, A. M. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND THE QUEEN’S MINE, BULAWAYO DISTRICT, Salisbury, 1937, afb, 175 pages, 20 plaes (1 in pocket), 5 figs., - 5 -, $ 99

B 31 / Macgregor, A. M. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND HUNTERS ROAD, GWELO DISTRICT, Salisbury, 1937, 78 pages, afb, 9 plates (1 geologic map in pocket), - 5 -, $ 99 [covers general geology, mineralization, petrology and the gold, iron, manganese, nickel, copper, limestone, and clay mines in the area]

B 32 / Phaup, A. E. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE UMTALI GOLD BELT, Salisbury, 1937, afb, 186 pages, 15 plates (1 geological map in pocket), frontispiece in pocket, 8 tables in pocket, - 5 -, $ 99 [covers the geology and economic geology of the region with detailed mine descriptions; locations with diagrams and sections; minerals found: aluminum, arsenic ores, asbestos, bismuth, brick clay, copper, alluvial gold, reef gold, more...]

B 33 / Ferguson, J. C., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND THE JUMBO MINE, MAZOE DISTRICT, Salisbury, 1937, afb, 137 pages, 8 plates, 1 geological map in pocket, - 5 -, $ 99 [contents include: geological work and formations, basement schists, granite, gabbro, intrusions, deposits, structural geology, economic geology (gold, limestone, pyrites, tin and tungsten), plans and sections of area mine, more....]

B 34 / Phaup, A. E., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE LOWER UMFULI GOLD BELT, HARTLEY AND LOMAGUNDI DISTRICTS, Salisbury, 1938, afb, 150 pages, 12 tables, 12 plates (1 geological map in pocket), - 5 -, $ 99 [Physical features of area, previous geological work, outline of geology, rock descriptions, economic geology of individual mines with plans and sections, references, more...]

B 47 Worst, B G. / THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA, Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey, Salisbury, 1960, pb, 234 pages, index, 23 plates, 5 figs., complete with all 9 sheets (bound in), - 3 -,  $ 100

Anhaeusser, C. R., et.al., Ed. / A SYMPOSIUM ON MINERAL DEPOSITS AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND DEPOSITION OF METALS, “Metallogenesis 76" Symposium, Rhodesian Branch of the Geological Society of South Africa, Salisbury, 1979, cl, 295 pages, illustrated, - 3 -, $ 40


South Africa [including South African Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey Publications]

Anhaeusser, C. R. and Maske, S., Ed. / MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, Johannesburg, 2001, cl, in two large detailed volumes, 2329 pages total, - 3 -, $ 495

Backstrom, J. W., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE AREA AROUND LICHTENBURG, Explanation of Sheet 54 (Lichtenburg), Pretoria, 1953, pb, 70 pages, 7 plates, - 5-, $ 30

Beccalura, L., et.al., Ed. / VOLCANISM AND EVOLUTION OF THE AFRICAN LITHOSPHERE, GSA SP 478, Boulder, 2011, pb, 331 pages, - 1 -, $ 18

Brabers, A. J. M., et.al. / LIST OF 378 WORKING MINES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND AS AT DECEMBER 1968, Pretoria, 1971, pb, 25 pages, - 2 -, $ 20 [A matching map was made to accompany this publication - SP 18, a 1:1,000,000 scale map which is currently not available]

Clifford, T. N. / THE DAMARAN EPISODE IN THE UPPER PROTEROZOIC - LOWER PALEOZOIC STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, GSA SP 92, New York, 1967, pb, 100 pages, 10 figs., 11 tables, - 3 -, $ 15

Du Toit, A. L. / THE DIAMONDIFEROUS GRAVELS OF LICHTENBURG, Pretoria, 1951, pb, 58 pages, 9 plates, 7 figs., - 2 -, $ 24

DuToit, A. L. / THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 2nd Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Edinburgh, 1939, cl, 539 pages, 1 black and white map, slight foxing, ovg, - 3 -, $ 45

DuToit, A. L. / THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 2nd Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Edinburgh, 1939, cl, 539 pages, 1 fine color plate bound in, - 3 -, $ 60

DuToit, A. L. / THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Edinburgh, 1966, cl, 611 pages, 41 plates, 73 figs., 1 fine color geological map bound inside back cover, - 2 - or - 3 -, $ 100

Du Toit, A. L. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SURROUNDING NKANDHLA, NATAL, Explanation of sheet # 109 (Nhandhla), Pretoria, 1931, pb, 105 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

Du Toit, A. L. / THE GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF PONDOLAND, EAST GREQUALAND AND NATAL, Explanation of Sheet # 119, Pretoria, 1946, pb, 32 pages, - 5 -, $ 28

Enslin, J. F., et.al. / LIST OF WORKING MINES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND, DECEMBER 1968, Pretoria, 1971, pb, 25 pages, - 5 -, $ 30

Erlank, A. J., Ed. / PETROGENESIS OF THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE KAROO PROVINCE, Geological Society of South Africa SP 13, Johannesburg, 1984, cl, 395 pages, - 3 -, $ 100

Hanekom, H. J., et. al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE PALABORA IGNEOUS COMPLEX, Memoir 54, Pretoria, 1965, pb, 179 pages, 28 figs., 5 plates, 16 folders (in pocket), - 2 -, $ 80

Haughton, S. H., Ed. / THE GEOLOGY OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, Geological Society of South Africa, in two volumes; volume 1, 625 pages, frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations and diagrams, 2 color folding diagrams and 6 b/w folding maps at rear; volume 2, 739 pages, b/w folding maps, diagrams, and photographic plates at rear, both volumes in original brown cloth, gilt lettering, dust covers intact and partially lined for reinforcement and continued integrity, Johannesburg, 1964, cl, - 3 -, $ 195

Haughton, S. A. / GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, Cape Town, 1969, cl, 535 pages, plate at the end of book, 50 figs., - 3 -, $ 55


Haughton, S. H., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF PORTION OF THE COASTAL BELT NEAR THE GAMTOOS VALLEY, Cape Province, Explanation of Sheets # 151 and 152, Pretoria, 1937, pb, 64 pages, - 5 -, $ 45

Haughton, S. H. / THE GEOLOGY OF PORTION OF THE COUNTRY EAST OF STEYTLERVILLE, CAPE PROVINCE, Pretoria, 1935, pb, 44 pages, 3 figs., - 5 -, $ 20

Heinrichs, T. / LITHOSTRATIGRAHISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN IN DER FIG TREE GRUPPE DES BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT ZEISCHEN UMSOLI UND LOMATI (SÜDAFRIKA), in: Göttinger Arbeitenzur Geologie und Paläontologie Nr. 22, 1980, pb, 113 seite, Kartenausschnitt, Kartenlegende, - 3 -, $ 25

Humphrey, S. H. / THE GEOLOGY OF PORTION OF THE COUNTRY EAST OF STEYTLERVILLE, Cape Province, Explanation of Sheet # 150, Pretoria, 1935, pb, 44 pages,- 5 -, $ 20

Humphrey, W. A. and Krige, L. J. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SURROUNDING VRYHEID, Explanation of sheet # 102 (Vryheid), Pretoria, 1932, pb, 66 pages, - 5 -, $ 45

Humphrey, W. A. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SOUTH OF PIET RETIEF, Explanation of sheet # 68 (Piet Retief), Pretoria, 1931, pb, 66 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

King, L. C. / SOUTH AFRICAN SCENERY: A Textbook of Geomorphology, 2nd Edition revised, Edinburgh, 1951, cl, 379 pages, colored map in pocket, - 3 -, $ 125

King, L. C. / THE GEOLOGY OF PIETERMARITZBURG AND ENVIRONS, Pretoria, 1948, 34 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Klempner, P. / THE ORANGE FREE STATE GOLD MINES, 1st Edition, London, 1950, cl, 107 pages, 1 plate in pocket, plus a 7 page supplement, bound separately giving details of mining, costs, etc., - 3 -, $ 150

Klempner, P. / THE ORANGE FREE STATE GOLD MINES, 2nd Edition, London, 1954, cl, 127 pages, - 3 -, $ 200  [Contains diagrams of the mines, details of the stopes and channels, taxation; covers the Welkom Area (Central Section), the Odendaalsrus Area (Northern Section), and the Virginia Area (Southern Section) of Orange Free State Gold Mines]

Lombaard, B. V. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH-EASTERN PRETORIA DISTRICT AND ADJOINING COUNTRY, Explanation of Sheet 18 (Moos River), Pretoria, 1931, afb, 48 pages, - 3 -, $ 40


Lowe, D. R. and Byerly, G. R. / FIELD GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE 3.5 TO 3.2 GA BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT, SOUTH AFRICA, Barberton, 2003, spiral bound, 184 pages, illustrated, - 3 -, $ 60 [This is a Guidebook prepared for a Field Conference on Archean Surface Processes]

Lowe, D. R. and Byerly, G. R. / GEOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF THE BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT, SOUTH AFRICA, GSA SP 329, 329 pages, Boulder, 1999, pb, 319 pages, -1 -, $ 45

Moodie, T. D. / GOING FOR GOLD: MEN, MINES AND MIGRATION, Berkeley, 1994, pb, 337 pages, - 1 -, $ 28

Mountain, E. D. / GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, Cape Town, 1968, cl, 249 pages, front and back endplates covered with colored map of South Africa, 22 figs., 28 plates, 15 colored plates, small brown discolored spot on bottom edge of spine, ovg, - 3 -, $ 35

Mountain, E. D. / THE GEOLOGY OF AN AREA EAST OF GRAHAMSTOWN, Explanation of sheet # 136 (Grahamstown), Pretoria, 1946, pb, 56 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Nel, L. T., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF VENTERSDORP AND ADJOINING COUNTRY with a Chapter on the Diamondiferous Alluvials, Pretoria, 1935, pb, 102 pages, 4 plates, 2 figs., - 5 -, $ 60

Nel, L. T. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND POTCHEFSTROOM AND KLERKSDORP, Explanation of Sheet 61, Pretoria, 1939, pb, 156 pages, small old tape repair to page 99, ovg, 2 figs., - 5 -, $ 40

Nel, L. T. / THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM IN THE KLERKSDORP-VENTERSDORP AREA, A PRELIMINARY REPORT, Bulletin 1, Pretoria, pb, 32 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 45

Nel, L. T. and Jansen, H. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND VEREENIGING, Explanation of Sheet # 62 (Vereeniging), Pretoria, 1957, pb, 90 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

Oertel, M. K. / VOLUME 5. FLUORSPAR, Pretoria, 1966, pb, 59 pages, 2 figs. (includes a map of fluorspar occurrences in South Africa and Southwest Africa, fluorspar flowsheets to process ore from the Buffalo Fluorspar Mine, the Roseiclare Fluorspar Works, and the fluorspar works in Stulln bei Nabburg, West Germany; book describes the uses of fluorspar, deposits in South Africa, reserves, concentration of fluorspar, research and development, , more..., - 3 -, $ 40

Sohnge, P. G., Visser, D. J. L., and Lowe, C. V. R. / M 35 / THE GEOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE VAAL RIVER BASIN, Pretoria, 1937, afb, 102 pages, 36 plates including a map, 20 figs., - 3 -, $ 105 [includes photographs of numerous artifacts, i.e., stone tools, gravers, arrowheads, etc.]

Tankard, A. J., et.al. / CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 3.8 MILLION YEARS OF EARTH HISTORY, New York, 1982, cl, 523 pages, edge wear, small amount of highlighting, ovg, - 4 -, $ 45

Tankard, A. J., et.al. / CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 3.8 MILLION YEARS OF EARTH HISTORY, New York, 1982, cl, 523 pages, - 5 -, $ 65

Truswell, J. F. / AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA, Capetown, 1970, cl, 167 pages, 1 map (inside back board), well illustrated with maps and plates, - 3 -, $ 29

Van Eeden, O. R., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN SOUTPANSBERG AND THE LOWVELD TO THE NORTH with Economic Geology Section, Explanation of Sheet 42 (Soutpansberg), Pretoria, 1955, pb, 126 pages, 3 figs., 16 plates, - 5 -, $ 65

Van Eeden, O. R. / GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, AN EXPLANATION OF THE 1:000 000 MAP, 1970 EDITION, Special Publication 18, Pretoria, 1972, pb, 85 pages, - 5 -, $ 100 [Covers the physiography, formations, geologic structure, and mineral deposits of South Africa; illustrations: physiographic regions, structural map of South Africa, epicenters, stratigraphic correlations]

van Reeden, D. D. / ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF PC HITH-GRADE GNEISS TERRANES, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE LIMPOPO COMPLEX OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, GSA Memoir 207, Boulder, 2011, cl, 324 pages, - 1 -, $ 30 

Venter, F. A. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN SPRINGS AND BETHAL WITH A CHAPTER ON UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLIES, Explanation of Sheet 51 (Bethal), Pretoria, 1934, pb, 87 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Verwoerd, W. J. / MINERALIZATION IN METAMORPHIC TERRANES, papers presented at “Geokongres 75" Congress of the Geological Society of South Africa, Pretoria, 1975, 551 pages, fold-out maps, tight, clean, slight wear to dust jacket, ovg, - 5 -, $ 100

Verwoerd, W. J. / THE CARBONATITES OF SOUTH AFRICA AND SOUTH WEST AFRICA, Department of Mines Handbook 6, Pretoria, 1967, pb, 452 pages, contains brief descriptions are given of 43 carbonatite occurrences. This includes data on Keikamspoort, Welgevonden, Goudini, Mickberg, Weltevrede, Garub, Bokiesbank, Keishohe, Teufelskuppe, and Kaukausib; each description contains data including location, size, geology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and geochronology of each carbonatite occurrence, - 3 -, $ 375

Visser, D. J. L. and Lowe, C. van R. / THE GEOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE CALEDON RIVER VALLEY, Department of Mines M 47, Pretoria, 1955, pb, 8 plates 2 folders, - 5 -, $ 30

Visser, H. N. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE KOEDOESRAND AREA, Explanation of Sheets 35 and 36 (Koedoesrand), Northern Transvaal, Pretoria, 1953, pb, 101 pages, 14 plates, 2 figs., - 5 -, $ 25

Visser, H. N, et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SOUTH OF ERMELO, Explanation of Sheet # 64 (Ermelo), Pretoria, 1947, pb, 110 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Wagner, P. A. and Rogers, A. W. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF THE SPRINGBOK FLATS AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY, An Explanation of Sheet 17 (Springbok Flats), Pretoria, 1917, afb, 104 pages, 6 figs., - 2 -, $ 48

Bibliography and Subject Index of South African Geology [listed by year, pages in each; all are pb and - 5 - (x-library), and cost of each is $ 25; Availability: 1957 / 60; 1958 / 51; 1959 / 95; 1960 / 93; 1961 / 83; 1962 / 121, and 1964 / 109



Tanganyika [Rwanda and Burundi]

Volume I / Harkin, D. A., et.al. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TANGANYIKA - 1951, Dar es Salaam, 1954, pb, 80 pages, 9 plates, 2 appendices, - 5 -, $ 75 [Contains 18 papers on Regional Geology, Economic Geology including Gold in the Nzega Area, Miscellaneous papers, and Laboratory Services]

Volume II / Handley, J. R. F., et.al. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TANGANYKIA - 1952, Dar es Salaam, 1955, pb, 66 pages. 10 plates, 2 appendices, - 5 -, $ 50 [Contains 9 papers on Regional Geology, Economic Geology of Graphite and Limestone, and Miscellaneous papers on mineralogy]

B 26 / Grantham, D. R. and Pilson, R. D. / THE GEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE NACHINGWEA REGION, A Reconnaissance Survey of Topography, Soils, Vegetation, and Geology in the Southern Province of Tanganyika, Dar es Salaam, 1955, pb, 33 pages, 2 appendices, 3 plates, 4 maps and sections, - 5 -, $ 25

B 28 / Spence, J. / THE GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF TANGANYIKA, Dar es Salaam, 1957, pb, 62 pages, 2 figs., 2 tables, 2 maps in pocket, - 5 -, $ 38

B 34 / Halligan, R. / THE PROTEROZOIC ROCKS OF WESTERN TANGANYIKA, Dar Es Salaam, 1963, pb, 34 pages, 3 plates, 3 maps (in pocket), 3 tables, - 3 -, $ 30

M 1 / Quennell, A. M., et.al. / SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY OF TANGANYIKA, PART 1 – Introduction and Stratigraphy, Dar es Salaam, 1956, pb, 264 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 65

M 11 / Harkin, D. A. / THE RUNGWE VOLCANICS AT THE NORTHERN END OF LAKE NYASA, Dar es Salaam, 1960, pb, 172 pages, 31 plates, 63 tables, 3 maps in pocket, - 5 -, $ 36

SP 18 / Skerl, A. C. and Oates, F. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH ILUNGA AREA, DAR ES SALAAM, 1938, pb, 38 pages, - 5 -, $ 18

SP 20 / Stockley, G. M. / THE GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF THE TABORA, KIGOMA, AND UFIPA DISTRICTS, NORTH-WEST LAKE RUKWA, Tanganyika Territory Department of Lands and Mines Geological Division Short Paper # 20, Dar es Salaam, 1938, afb, 35 pages, 1 plate in pocket, - 5 -, $ 40

Dowie, C. / GLACIATION OF MOUNT KILIMANJARO, NORTHEAST TANGANYIKA, In: GSA Bulletin, Volume 75, # 1, 1964, pb, pages 1 - 16, - 3 -, $ 10



Uganda

Barnes, J. W. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF UGANDA 1950, 1952. Entebbe, pb, 52 pages, - 3 -, $ 36 [Contents include: Reports on the Ankole District, Mbale District, Karamoja District, Toro District, Entebee Area, and over 100 mining and mineral resource reports]

Hepworth, J. V., et.al. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF UGANADA 1954, Entebbe, 1956, pb, 71 pages, - 5 -, $ 36 [Contents include: Aspects of the Geology of the Bombo Area,Mmengo, Buganda; The Tuhizha Ferberite Deposit, Kigezi; The Calcareous Rocks of Southwest Uganda; The limestones of the Lake George Depression; An Electrical Resistivity Survey in Northwest Ankole; and The Absorptiometric Analysis of Beryl]

Pallister, J. W., et.al. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, UGANDA, 1951 -1952, Entebbe, 1952, pb, 26 pages, 3 plates, 1 sketch map, - 5 -, $ 28 [Contents include: Preliminary Account of the Geology of South Kyaggwe County, Buganda; Bismuth in Uganda; Gravitmetric Survey of the East and West Banks of the Nile on the Site of the Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, Jinja, Uganda]

Stheeman, H. A. / THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE STANNIFEROUS DEPOSITS, The Hague, 1932, pb, 144 pages, 6 maps, - 5 -, $ 75

Trendall, A. F., et.al. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, UGANDA, 1955 -1956, Entebbe, 1959, pb, 50 pages, 4 plates (1 in color), 7 figs., 2 tables, - 5 -, $ 58 [Contents include: The Topography under the Northern part of the Kadam Volcanics and its bearing on the Correlation of the Peneplains of Southeast Uganda and the Adjacent Parts of Kenya; The Origin of Carbonatites and Related Alkaline Rocks; Raised Swamps of Lake Victoria; The Detection of Tin in Tungsten Minerals; A Geological and Geophysical Investigation of a Proposed Dam Site on The Victoria Nile near Jinja]

Wright, H. E., Jr. and Frey, D. G. / QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY IN THE ALBERTINE RIFT VALLEY, UGANDA, in: International Studies of the Quaternary, GSA SP 84, Boulder, 1965, pb, pages 293 - 321, 2 plates, 7 figs., - 3 -, $ 24 [includes 27 other papers including insect populations in the British Pleistocene; pollen analysis and till stratigraphy, Norway; Pleistocene glaciation of the Swiss Alps; Age of Australites; Maximum glaciation in the Argentine Cordillera; more...]



Miscellaneous Geology Publications of Africa

Baker, B. H., Mohr, P. A., and Williams, L. A. J. / GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN RIFT SYSTEM, GSA SP 136, Boulder, 1972, pb, 67 pages, some ink underlining, - 4 -, $ 20

Buckle, C. / LANDFORMS IN AFRICA, AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOMORPHOLOGY, 1978, pb, 249 pages, - 2 -, $ 45

Clifford, T. N. and Gass, I. G., Ed. / AFRICAN MAGMATISM AND TECTONICS, A volume in honour of W. A. Kennedy FRS, Darien, 1970, cl, 461 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Clifford, T. N. / REVIEW OF AFRICAN GRANULITES AND RELATED ROCKS, GSA SP 156, Boulder, 1974, pb, 49 pages, 15 figs., - 3 -, $ 10

Furon, R. / THE GEOLOGY OF AFRICA, Edinburgh or New York, 1963 English version from the 1960 French Edition, cl, 377 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Hay, R. L. / GEOLOGY OF THE OLDURAI GORGE: A Study of Sedimentation in a Semiarid Basin, Berkeley, 1976, cl, 203 pages, - 5 -, $ 70

Keller, P. C. / GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA, Phoenix, 1992, cl, 144 pages, - 1 -, $ 50 [Full color illustrations of gemstones of East Africa along with detail descriptions of the geology of the deposits]

Kogbe, C. A., et.al. / MICROPALEONTOLOGY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE COASTAL BASINS OF WEST AFRICA, Volume 5, A Special Issue of the Journal of African Earth Sciences, Paris, 1985, cl, 689 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

Kogbe, C. A., et.al. / PETROGRAPHY OF THE MIGMATITES FROM THE HIGH DAM WESTERN QUARRY, ASWAN, SOUTH EGYPT; GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR GOLD IN THE AREA NORTH OF ISANLU, NIGERIA; MOUNT CAMEROON: AN ACTIVE VOLCANO OF THE CAMEROON LINE; A REVIEW OF THE HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF KENYA, These are several selected articles from Volume 6 of the Journal of African Earth Sciences, Paris, 1987, cl, 772 pages, - 5 -, $ 45

Mountjoy, A. B. and Embleton, C. / AFRICA: A GEOGRAPHICAL STORY, London, 1965, cl, 688 pages, - 3 -, $ 48


Pelletier, R. A. / MINERAL R
ESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA, Cape Town, 1964, cl, 277 pages, - 3 -, very slight wear to edges of boards, - 3 -, $ 55

Scholz, C. / FIELDWORK: A Geologist’s Memoir of the Kalahari, Princeton, 1997, cl, 190 pages, - 1 -, $ 30; another copy, pb, - 2 -, $ 15

Silberman, M. L. / GOLD POTENTIAL OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CENTRAL EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT, 2003, a stapled photocopy of a loose-leaf manuscript being prepared for publication, - 3 -, $ 10

Stanley, H. M. / UNION MINIERE DU HAUT-KATANGA, Monograph, Brussels, 1954, pb, 154 pages, - 3 -, $ 50


Willis, B. / EAST AFRICAN PLATEAUS AND RIFT VALLEY, Studies in Comparitive Seismology of the Carnegie Institution, 1936, pb, 358 pages, 72 plates, - 3 -, $ 60

Willis, B. / LIVING AFRICA: A Geologist’s Wanderings through the Rift Valleys, 1st Edition, London, 1930, cl, 320 pages, 8 maps, small chip on bottom of spine, ovg, signed by the author, - 3 -, $ 30




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