Journal of African Earth Sciences 81 (2013) 94–98

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CURRENT LITERATURE SURVEY

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Mineralogy

Characterisation of grain-size, shape and orientation of pla-gioclase in the Rooi Rand dyke swarm, South Africa

Hastie W.W., Watkeys M.K. & Aubourg C., Tectonophysics, 2013,583/– (145–157).

Fluid-induced dehydration of the paleoarchean sand riverbiotite-hornblende gneiss, central zone, limpopo complex,South Africa

Rajesh H.M., Belyanin G.A., Safonov O.G., Kovaleva E.I., Gol-uno-va M.A. & van Reenen D.D., Journal of Petrology, 2013, 54/1 (41–74).

Geochemistry

Joint clay-heavy-light mineral analysis: A tool to investigatethe hydrographic–hydraulic regime of Late Cenozoic deltaic in-land fans under changing climatic conditions (Cuvelai–EtoshaBasin, Namibia)

Dill H.G., Kaufhold S., Lindenmaier F., Dohrmann R., Ludwig R. &Botz R., International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2013, 102/1 (265–304).

Factors controlling mechanisms of groundwater salinizationand hydrogeochemical processes in the Quaternary aquifer ofthe Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt

Ahmed M.A., Abdel Samie S.G. & Badawy H.A., EnvironmentalEarth Sciences, 2013, 68/2 (369–394).

Effect of municipal wastewaters on bottom sediment geo-chemistry and benthic foraminifera of two Red Sea coastal in-lets, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Abu-Zied R.H., Basaham A.S. & El Sayed M.A., EnvironmentalEarth Sciences, 2013, 68/2 (451–469).

Cenozoic intra-plate magmatism in the Darfur volcanic pro-vince: Mantle source, phonolite–trachyte genesis and relationto other volcanic provinces in NE Africa

Lucassen F., Pudlo D., Franz G., Romer R.L. & Dulski P., Interna-tional Journal of Earth Sciences, 2013, 102/1 (183–205).

Geoelectrical and hydrochemical investigations for charac-terizing the salt water intrusion in the Khanasser valley, north-ern Syria

Asfahani J. & Abou Zakhem B., Acta Geophysica, 2013, 61/2 (422–444).

System closure during the combustion metamorphic "Mot-tled Zone" event, Israel

Geller Y.I., Burg A., Halicz L. & Kolodny Y., Chemical Geology,2013, 334/– (25–36).

Implications of carbonate-like geochemical signatures in asandstone aquifer: Radium and strontium isotopes in the Cam-brian Jordan aquifer (Minnesota, USA)

Vinson D.S., Lundy J.R., Dwyer G.S. & Vengosh A., Chemical Geol-ogy, 2013, 334/– (280–294).

An overview of monogenetic carbonatitic magmatism fromUganda, Italy, China and Spain: Volcanologic and geochemicalfeatures

Stoppa F. & Schiazza M., Journal of South American Earth Sciences,2013, 41/– (140–159).

Lead isotopic analysis within a multiproxy approach to tracepottery sources. The example of White Slip II sherds from LateBronze Age sites in Cyprus and Syria

Renson V., Martínez-Cortizas A., Mattielli N., Coenaerts J., Sau-vage C., De Vleeschouwer F., Lorre C., Vanhaecke F.,

Bindler R., Rautman M., Nys K. & Claeys P., Applied Geochemistry,2013, 28/– (220–234).

Geochemical discrimination of basaltic sources as a tool forprovenance analyses of bifacial tools in the southern Levant:First results from the Jezreel Valley, Israel

Gluhak T.M. & Rosenberg D., Journal of Archaeological Science,2013, 40/3 (1611–1622).

Au and Cr mobilization through metasomatism: Micro-che-mical evidence from ore-bearing listvenite, South Eastern De-sert of Egypt

Emam A. & Zoheir B., Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2013,125/– (34–45).

Tomographic, hydrochemical and isotopic investigations ofthe salinization processes in the oasis shallow aquifers, Ne-fzaoua region, southwestern Tunisia

Kraiem Z., Chkir N., Zouari K., Parisot J.C., Agoun A. & HermitteD., Journal of Earth System Science, 2012, 121/5 (1185–1200).

Orthopyroxene + sillimanite predating sapphirine + quartz: Arare case of ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism from thecentral zone, limpopo complex, South Africa

Belyanin G.A., Rajesh H.M., Sajeev K. & Van Reenen D.D., Cana-dian Mineralogist, 2012, 50/5 (1153–1163).

Calcium, magnesium and strontium cycling in stratified,hardwater lakes: Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel

Katz A. & Nishri A., Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013,105/– (372–394).

The composition and depositional environments of Me-soarchean iron formations of the West Rand Group of the Wit-watersrand Supergroup, South Africa

Smith A.J.B., Beukes N.J. & Gutzmer J., Economic Geology, 2013,108/1 (111–134).

Geochronology

Recognition of Early and Late Neoproterozoic supracrustalunits in West Africa and North–East Brazil from detrital zircongeochronology

Kalsbeek F., Ekwueme B.N., Penaye J., De Souza Z.S. & Thrane K.,Precambrian Research, 2013, 226/– (105–115).

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Igneous and Metamorphic Geology

Carbonated alkali-silicate metasomatism in the North Africalithosphere: Evidence from Middle Atlas spinel-lherzolites,Morocco

Natali C., Beccaluva L., Bianchini G., Ellam R.M., Siena F. & StuartF.M., Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2013, 41/– (113–121).

Petrology of ultramafic xenoliths in Cenozoic alkaline rocksof northern Madagascar (Nosy Be Archipelago)

Rocco I., Lustrino M., Zanetti A., Morra V. & Melluso L., Journal ofSouth American Earth Sciences, 2013, 41/– (122–139).

Petrogenesis of high-K metagranites in the Kerala Khon-da-lite Belt, southern India: A possible magmatic-arc link betweenIndia, Sri Lanka, and Madagascar

Sreejith C. & Ravindra Kumar G.R., Journal of Geodynamics, 2013,63/– (69–82).

40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Neogene-Quaternary HarratAl-Madinah intercontinental volcanic field, Saudi Arabia: Impli-cations for duration and migration of volcanic activity

Moufti M.R., Moghazi A.M. & Ali K.A., Journal of Asian EarthSciences, 2013, 62/– (253–268).

Volatile-rich silicate melts from Oldoinyo Lengai volcano(Tanzania): Implications for carbonatite genesis and eruptivebehavior

de Moor J.M., Fischer T.P., King P.L., Botcharnikov R.E., HervigR.L., Hilton D.R., Barry P.H., Mangasini F. & Ramirez C., Earth andPlanetary Science Letters, 2013, 361/– (379–390).

Magmatic history of Dabbahu, a composite volcano in theAfar Rift, Ethiopia

Field L., Blundy J., Calvert A. & Yirgu G., Bulletin of the GeologicalSociety of America, 2013, 125/1–2 (128–147).

Numerical experiments on the dynamics of channelised lavaflows at Mount Cameroon volcano with the FLOWGO thermo-rheological model

Wantim M.N., Kervyn M., Ernst G.G.J., del Marmol M.A., Suh C.E.& Jacobs P., Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2013,253/– (35–53).

Sedimentary Geology

Stratigraphic setting, facies types, depositional environ-ments and mechanism of formation of Ash Shumaysi iron-stones, Wadi Ash Shumaysi, Jeddah district, West CentralSaudi Arabia

Mesaed A.A., Taj R. & Harbi H., Arabian Journal of Geo-sciences,2013, 6/1 (213–233).

Neoproterozoic-Devonian stratigraphic evolution of theeastern Murzuq Basin, Libya: A tale of tilting in the centralSahara

Le Heron D.P., Meinhold G. & Bergig K.A., Basin Research, 2013,25/1 (52–73).

Sediment dispersal system in the Taiwan–South China Seacollision zone along a convergent margin: A comparison withthe Papua New Guinea collision zone of the western SolomonSea

Hsiung K.-H. & Yu H.-S., Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2013,62/– (295–307).

Late ordovician tunnel valleys in southern JordanDouillet G., Ghienne J.-F, Geraud Y., Abueladas A., Diraison M. &

Al-Zoubi A., Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publica-tion, 2012, 368/1 (275–292).

Depositional architecture and sequence stratigraphic corre-lation of upper ordovician glaciogenic deposits, Illizi Basin,Algeria

Lang J., Dixon R.J., le Heron D.P. & Winsemann J., Geological So-ciety Engineering Geology Special Publication, 2012, 368/1 (293–317).

Channelized sandstone bodies (’cordons’) in the tassili N’aj-jer (Algeria & Libya): Snapshots of a late ordovician proglacialoutwash plain

Girard F., Ghienne J.-F. & Rubino J.-L., Geological Society En-gineering Geology Special Publication, 2012, 368/1 (355–379).

Patterns of sedimentation in the contemporary Red Sea as ananalog for ancient carbonates in rift settings

Purkis S.J., Harris P.M. & Ellis J., Journal of Sedimentary Research,2012, 82/11 (859–870).

Stratigraphy

Peritidal to intrashelf basin, facies transition of the AdghamFormation (Late Triassic) Al Qasim Province, Saudi Arabia

Khalifa M.A., Carbonates and Evaporites, 2012, 27/3–4 (299–319).

Neoproterozoic ironstones in northern Namibia: Biogenicprecipitation and Cryogenian glaciation

Le Heron D.P., Busfield M.E., Le Ber E. & Kamona A.F.,Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2013, 369/–

(48–57).Origin of the extreme polymetallic enrichment (Cd, Cr, Mo,

Ni, U, V, Zn) of the Late Cretaceous–Early Tertiary Belqa Group,central Jordan

Fleurance S., Cuney M., Malartre F. & Reyx J., Palaeogeography,Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2013, 369/– (201–219).

Ordovician proglacial sediments in algeria: Insights into thecontrols on hydrocarbon reservoirs in the in amenas field, Illizibasin

Hirst J.P.P., Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publica-tion, 2012, 368/1 (319–353).

Submarine slope processes in rift-margin basins, MioceneSuez Rift, Egypt

Strachan L.J., Rarity F., Gawthorpe R.L., Wilson P., Sharp I. & Hod-getts D., Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 2013, 125/1–2(109–127).

Siliciclastic associated banded iron formation from the 3.2GaMoodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Bontognali T.R.R., Fischer W.W. & Föllmi K.B., Precambrian Re-search, 2013, 226/– (116–124).

A review of the ediacaran to early cambrian (’Infra-Cam-brian’) evaporites and associated sediments of the middle east

Smith A.G., Geological Society Special Publication, 2012, 366/1(229–250).

The Quaternary

C3 Poaceae and Restionaceae phytoliths as potential proxiesfor reconstructing winter rainfall in South Africa

Cordova C.E., Quaternary International, 2013, 287/– (121–140).Evidence of MIS 5 sea-level highstands in Gebel Mousa coast

(Strait of Gibraltar, North of Africa)Abad M., Rodríguez-Vidal J., Aboumaria K., Zaghloul M.N.,

Cáceres L.M., Ruiz F., Martínez-Aguirre A., Izquierdo T. & ChamorroS., Geomorphology, 2013, 182/– (133–146).

Spatial and temporal variations in incised valley systemsfrom the Durban continental shelf, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Green A.N., Dladla N. & Garlick G.L., Marine Geology, 2013, 335/–(148–161).

Subglacial to proglacial depositional environments in an Or-dovician glacial tunnel valley, Alnif, Morocco

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Clerc S., Buoncristiani J.-F., Guiraud M., Vennin E., Desaubli-auxG. & Portier E., Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2013, 370/– (127–144).

Palaeoecological evidence for Holocene environmentalchange from the Virunga volcanoes in the Albertine Rift, centralAfrica

McGlynn G., Mooney S. & Taylor D., Quaternary Science Reviews,2013, 61/– (32–46).

Environment and collapse: Eastern Anatolian obsidians atUrkesh (Tell Mozan, Syria) and the third-millennium Mesopota-mian urban crisis

Frahm E. & Feinberg J.M., Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013,40/4 (1866–1878).

Senilia senilis (Linnaeus, 1758), a biogenic archive ofenvironmental conditions on the Banc d’Arguin (Mauritania)

Lavaud R., Thébault J., Lorrain A., van der Geest M. & Chau-vaudL., Journal of Sea Research, 2013, 76/– (61–72).

A malarial-ridden swamp: using Google Earth Pro andCorona to access the southern Balikh valley, Syria

Hritz C., Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013, 40/4(1975–1987).

Reinterpretation of superficial pleistocene formations ofAntsirabe Basin, Central Highlands of Madagascar

Razafimahefa Rasoanimanana R., Nicoud G., Mietton M. & PailletA., Quaternaire, 2012, 23/4 (339–353).

Palaeontology

Origin, palaeoecology and stratigraphic significance of boredand encrusted concretions from the upper cretaceous (santo-nian) of southern israel

Wilson M.A., Zaton M. & Avni Y., Palaeobiodiversity and Pa-laeoenvironments, 2012, 92/3 (343–352).

Geochemical and palaeoecological record of the Cenoma-nian–Turonian Anoxic Event in the carbonate platform of thePreafrican Trough, Morocco

Lebedel V., Lezin C., Andreu B., Wallez M.-J., Ettachfini E.M. & Ri-quier L., Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2013,369/– (79–98).

Stratigraphic context and paleoenvironmental significanceof minor taxa (Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Rodentia) from the lateEarly Pleistocene paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea)

Rook L., Ghinassi M., Carnevale G., Delfino M., Pavia M., BondioliL., Candilio F., Coppa A., Martínez-Navarro B., Medin T., Papini M.,Zanolli C. & Libsekal Y., Journal of Human Evolution, 2013, 64/1(83–92).

Dietary and paleoenvironmental reconstruction using stableisotopes of herbivore tooth enamel from middle Pliocene Diki-ka, Ethiopia: Implication for Australopithecus afarensis habitatand food resources

Bedaso Z.K., Wynn J.G., Alemseged Z. & Geraads D., Journal ofHuman Evolution, 2013, 64/1 (21–38).

Biological variation in a large sample of mouse lemurs fromAmboasary, Madagascar: Implications for interpreting variationin primate biology and paleobiology

Cuozzo F.P., Rasoazanabary E., Godfrey L.R., Sauther M.L., Yous-souf I.A. & LaFleur M.M., Journal of Human Evolution, 2013, 64/1 (1–20).

The larger mammal fossil assemblage from JK2, Bed III, Old-uvai Gorge, Tanzania: Implications for the feeding behavior ofHomo erectus

Pante M.C., Journal of Human Evolution, 2013, 64/1 (68–82).A new Oligo-Miocene Mammal-Bearing site from a sedimen-

tary intercalation in the trap basalts of Central Eritrea

Abbate E., Bruni P., Coppa A., Aria D., Ferretti M.P., Libsekal Y.,Rook L. & Sagri M., Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia,2012, 118/3 (545–550).

A pathological tail in a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur fromSouth Africa: Evidence of traumatic amputation?

Butler R.J., Yates A.M., Rauhut O.W.M. & Foth C., Journal of Verte-brate Paleontology, 2013, 33/1 (224–228).

Spatio-temporal history of the endemic genera ofMadagascar

Buerki S., Devey D.S., Callmander M.W., Phillipson P.B. & ForestF., Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013, 171/2 (304–329).

Shell and operculum taphonomy of the bithyniid gastropodgabbiella in the pleistocene Turkana Basin, North Kenya

Scholz H. & Glaubrecht M., Journal of Paleontology, 2013, 87/1(84–90).

Reconstructing rangea: New discoveries from the ediacaranof southern Namibia

Vickers-Rich P., Ivantsov A.Y., Trusler P.W., Narbonne G.M.,Hall M., Wilson S.A., Greentree C., Fedonkin M.A., Elliott D.A.,

Hoffmann K.H. & Schneider G.I.C., Journal of Paleontology, 2013,87/1 (1–15).

Lungfish burrows from the upper cretaceous maevarano for-mation, Mahajanga basin, northwestern Madagascar

Marshall M.S. & Rogers R.R., Palaios, 2013, 27/12 (857–866).

Structural Geology and Tectonics

Pan-African (intraplate and subduction-related?) metaso-matism in the Fawakhir ophiolitic serpentinites, Central East-ern Desert of Egypt: Mineralogical and geochemical evidences

Hamdy M.M., Harraz H.Z. & Aly G.A., Arabian Journal of Geos-ciences, 2013, 6/1 (13–33).

Seismicity and seismotectonics of Libya: As an example of in-traplate environment

Al-Heety E.A., Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2013, 6/1 (193–204).

Volcano-tectonic evolution of the northern part of the Ara-bian plate in the light of new K–Ar ages and remote sensing:Harrat Ash Shaam volcanic province (Syria)

Al Kwatli M.A., Gillot P.Y., Zeyen H., Hildenbrand A. & Al GharibI., Tectonophysics, 2012, 580/– (192–207).

Geophysical evidence of Cretaceous volcanics in Logone BirniBasin (Northern Cameroon), Central Africa, and consequencesfor the West and Central African Rift System

Loule J.-P. & Pospisil L., Tectonophysics, 2013, 583/– (88–100).Overview of the Palaeozoic–Neogene evolution of Neotethys

in the Eastern Mediterranean region (Southern Turkey, Cyprus,Syria)

Robertson A.H.F., Parlak O. & Ustaömer T., Petroleum Geo-science,2012, 18/4 (381–404).

Active faulting and transpression tectonics along the plateboundary in North Africa

Meghraoui M. & Pondrelli S., Annals of Geophysics, 2012, 55/5(955–967).

Rates of quaternary deformation in the ouarzazate basin(southern atlas front, Morocco)

Pastor A., Teixell A. & Arboleya M.L., Annals of Geophysics, 2012,55/5 (1003–1016).

Geophysics

Curie depth isotherm deduced from spectral analysis of mag-netic data over sarti and environs North-Eastern Nigeria

Kasidi S. & Nur A., International Journal of Earth Sciences and En-gineering, 2012, 5/5 (1284–1290).

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Archaeomagnetic data from three Punic sites in TunisiaFouzai B., Casas L., Laridhi Ouazaa N., Fantar M. & Álvarez A.,

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013, 40/4 (1703–1714).Geoelectric and VLF electromagnetic survey on complex

aquifer structures, Central SudanMohamed N.E., Brasse H., Abdelgalil M.Y & Kheiralla K.M., Co-

municacoes Geologicas, 2012, 99/2 (95–100).2D and 3D resistivity inversion of Schlumberger vertical elec-

trical soundings in Wadi El Natrun, Egypt: A case studyKhalil M.A. & Santos F.A.M., Journal of Applied Geophysics, 2013,

89/–(116–124).

Seismology

Lateral variations of coda Q and attenuation of seismicwaves in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Morsy M.A., El Hady S., Mahmoud S.M. & Awad E.A.M., ArabianJournal ofGeosciences, 2013, 6/1 (1–11).

Mapping of bedrock using the high-resolution seismic reflec-tion technique at Wadi Al Dawasir Region, Saudi Arabia

Al-Anezi G.T., AlMalki M. & Alkhalifa T., Arabian Journal of Geos-ciences, 2013, 6/1 (235–245).

Geodynamics of the Southern Tethyan Margin in Tunisia andMaghrebian domain: New constraints from integrated geo-physical study

Gabtni H., Jallouli C., Mickus K.L. & Turki M.M., Arabian Journal ofGeosciences, 2013, 6/1 (271–286).

A comprehensive review of the MSC facies and their originsin the offshore Sirt Basin, Libya

Bowman S.A., Petroleum Geoscience, 2012, 18/4 (457–469).Vertical evolution of fluid venting structures in relation to

gas flux, in the Neogene-Quaternary of the Lower Congo Basin,Offshore Angola

Ho S., Cartwright J.A. & Imbert P., Marine Geology, 2012, 332–334/– (40–55).

Evidence of a widespread paleo-pockmarked field in the Or-ange Basin: An indication of an early Eocene massive fluid es-cape event offshore South Africa

Hart wig A., Anka Z. & di Primio R., Marine Geology, 2012, 332–334/– (222–234).

Engineering Geology

Interactions between the surface water and groundwater inthe western shoreline of Lake Nasser, Upper Egypt Hamdan A.M.,Selim S.A. & Abdallah M.M., Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2013, 6/1 (77–84).

Laboratory Investigation into the Effects of Silty Fines on Li-quefaction Susceptibility of Chlef (Algeria) Sandy Soils

Missoum H., Belkhatir M., Bendani K. & Maliki M., Geotechnicaland Geological Engineering, 2013, 31/1 (279–296).

Groundwater quality assessment in Wadi Fayd, Western Sau-di Arabia

Al-Ahmadi M.E., Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2013, 6/1 (247–258).

Environmental Geology

Heavy metals concentrations and usability of groundwaterat Mahd Adh Dhahab gold mine, Saudi Arabia

Al-Hobaib A.S., Al-Jaseem Q.K., Baioumy H.M. & Ahmed A.H.,Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2013, 6/1 (259–270).

Assessment of priority phenolic compounds in sedimentsfrom an extremely polluted coastal wetland (Lake Maryut, Egypt)

Khairy M. A., Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013,185/1 (441–455).

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and 2,2,4,4,5,5’-hexabromobiphenyl (BB-153) in landfill leachate in Cape Town,South Africa

Daso A.P., Fatoki O.S., Odendaal J.P. & Olujimi O.O., Environmen-tal Monitoring and Assessment, 2013, 185/1 (431–439).

Fate of drilling waste discharges and ecological risk assess-ment in the Egyptian Red Sea: An aquivalence-based fuzzy

analysisAgwa A., Leheta H., Salem A. & Sadiq R., Stochastic Environmental

Research and Risk Assessment, 2013, 27/1 (169–181).Ecotoxicological impact assessment of some heavy metals

and their distribution in some fractions of mangrove sedimentsfrom Red Sea, Egypt

El-Said G.F. & Youssef D.H., Environmental Monitoring and Assess-ment, 2013, 185/1 (393–404).

Anthropogenic PAHs in mangrove sediments of the CalabarRiver, SE Niger Delta, Nigeria

Oyo-Ita O.E., Offem J.O., Ekpo B.O. & Adie P.A., Applied Geochem-istry, 2013, 28/– (212–219).

Anthropogenic platinum enrichment in the vicinity of minesin the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa

Rauch S. & Fatoki O.S., Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 2013,224/1.

Modeling of deep fracture zone opening and transientground surface uplift at KB-502 CO2 injection well, In Salah,Algeria

Rinaldi A.P. & Rutqvist J., International Journal of Greenhouse GasControl, 2013, 12/– (155–167).

Bio-ecology of epilithic diatoms in the Mfoundi River(Yaoundé, Cameroon): Diversity, spatial distribution and in-fluence of organic pollution

Ébang Menye D., Zébazé Togouet S.H., Foto MenbOhan S., Kem-ka N., Nola M., Boutin C., Nguetsop V.F., Djaouda M. & Njiné T., Re-vue des Sciences de l’Eau, 2012, 25/3 (203–218).

Study of sediment contamination by trace metals at wastew-ater discharge points in Dakar (Senegal)

Diop C., Dewaele D., Toure A., Cabral M., Cazier F., Fall M., Oud-dane B. & Diouf A., Revue des Sciences de l’Eau, 2012, 25/3 (277–285).

Mercury, arsenic and selenium concentrations in water andfish from sub-Saharan semi-arid freshwater reservoirs (BurkinaFaso)

Ouédraogo O. & Amyot M., Science of the Total Environment,2013, 444/– (243–254).

Speciation of mercury in mine waste: Case study of aban-doned and active gold mine sites at the Bibiani-Anwiaso-Bek-wai area of South Western Ghana

Nartey V.K., Klake R.K., Doamekpor L.K. & Sarpong-Kumanko-mah S., Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2012, 184/12(7623–7634).

Determination of pollution and recovery time of karstsprings, an example from a carbonate aquifer in Israel

Magal E., Arbel Y., Caspi S., Glazman H., Greenbaum N. &Yechieli Y., Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2013, 145/–(26–36).

Naphthalene biodegradation by microbial consortia isolatedfrom soils in Ngaoundere (Cameroon)

Raïssa K.R., Augustin M. & Martin-Benoît N., International Journalof Environmental Sciences, 2012, 3/1 (1–10).

Assessment of the phytoremediation potential for Pb, Zn andCu of indigenous plants growing in a gold mining area inTanzania

Mkumbo S., Mwegoha W. & Renman G., International Journal ofEnvironmental Sciences, 2012, 2/4 (2425–2434).

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Economic Geology

The Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Formation of plati-num–palladium, chrome- and vanadium-rich layers via

hydrodynamic sorting of a mobilized cumulate slurry in a large,relatively slowly cooling, subsiding magma chamber

Maier W.D., Barnes S.-J. & Groves D.I., Mineralium Deposita,2013, 48/1 (1–56).

The West Jordan deposit, a newly-discovered type 2 dunite-hosted nickel sulphide system in the northern Agnew-Wilunabelt, Western Australia

Grguric B.A., Seat Z., Karpuzov A.A. & Simonov O.N., Ore GeologyReviews, 2013, 51/– (79–92).

Energy Sources

Modeling of gas generation from the Alam El-Bueib for-mation in the Shoushan Basin, northern Western Desert ofEgypt

Shalaby M.R., Hakimi M.H. & Abdullah W.H., International Jour-nal of Earth Sciences, 2013, 102/1 (319–332).

The Miocene hydrocarbon play in Southern LebanonHodgson N., First Break, 2012, 30/12 (93–98).Seismic interpretation and attribute analysis of the herodo-

tus and the Levantine Basin, offshore Cyprus and Lebanon

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Skiple C., Anderson E. & Fürstenau J., Petroleum Geoscience, 2012,18/4 (433–442).

Play types of the deep-water Matruh and Herodotus Basins,NW Egypt

Tari G., Hussein H., Novotny B., Hannke K. & Kohazy R., Petro-leum Geoscience, 2012, 18/4 (443–455).

Petroleum geology of the fula sub-basin, Muglad basin,Sudan

Lirong D., Dingsheng C., Zhi L., Zhiwei Z. & Jingchun W., Journalof Petroleum Geology, 2013, 36/1 (43–59).

Industry awaits permission to explore South Africa’s Karooshale gas

Dittrick P., Oil and Gas Journal, 2013, 111/1 (38–41).Egypt’s Tut field a candidate for CO2 miscible floodingAbu El Ela M., Oil and Gas Journal, 2013, 111/1 (74–80).

Extraterrestrial Geology

The volcanic history of Syria Planum, MarsRichardson J.A., Bleacher J.E. & Glaze L.S., Journal of Vol-canology

and Geothermal Research, 2013, 252/– (1–13).

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