Geology of North Africa and Arabia
Information, Exchange and Research

Academic Geological Research

• Moroccan Association of Petroleum Geologists
• Introduction to the geology of Morocco on Video-DVD, 58 min (by Dr. Sebastian Lüning and Dr. Markus Geiger)
• Department of Geology, University of Rabat.
• Geodynamics of the western Mediterranean (Alboran) region and the intracontinental development of the Atlas system, using geophysical and geological methods by Cornell University. See also pages by Dr. Weldon Beauchamp and Francisco Gomez.
• Sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis, Morocco; University of South Carolina, Columbia (Prof. Chris Kendall).
• Late Pliocene vertebrates in Ahl al Oughlam (Dr. Denis Geraads).
• Regional tectonics, Morocco. Geodynamic Evolution of the Lithosphere and Upper Mantle Beneath the Alboran Region of the Western Mediterranean: Constraints from Travel Time Tomography (Institute for the Study of the Continents and Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York).
• USGS (Bulletin 2202-B): Total petroleum systems of the Grand Erg/ Ahnet Province, Algeria and Morocco (by T.R. Klett).
• Tectonics of the Antiatlas of Morocco. Thin skin / Thick skin relationships in an atypical Foreland Fold Belt (by Martin Burkhard, University of Neuchâtel).
• DinoData Morocco: information on dinosaur fossils found in Morocco.
• IGCP 421 - North Gondwana Bioevent\Biogeography Patterns in Relation to Crustal Dynamics : SDS at Errachidia- Rabat (Morocco).
• Early Mesozoic basins of Morocco.
• Inversion structures: an example of the Middle Atlas, Morocco (Zeitschriftenindex der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 1996).
• Permian and Triassic Moroccan Group: set up in 1995 in Rabat,this group aims to encourage collaboration and exchanges between its members and those of other groups and organizations.
• Scientific Institute: website for the departments of Geology, Remote Sensing, Geomorphology and Geophysics in Rabat.
• Structural geology and tectonics of the Anti-Atlas Suture Zone, southern Morocco (Duke University).
• Correlation of syn-rift structural elements across the Central Atlantic between Morocco and Nova Scotia (AAPG distinguished lecturers 2001-2002): downloadable pdf slides.
• Geology of Morocco: a geological slide show from the Stockholm University student excursion, autumn 2000, arranged in cooperation with the University of Oslo.
  

Oil & Gas Exploration

• Office National de Recherche et d'Exploitations Pétrolières (previously ONAREP, state oil company; now part of ONHYM). MBendi file on ONHYM/ONAREP.
• Report about Moroccan energy resources (by the US Department of Energy)
• Jurassic of Nova Scotia and NW Africa (by Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board)
• Oil and gas activities, incl. petroleum news (MBendi): Introduction, Exploration.
• Oil & Gas Exploration data / reports offered by First Exchange.
• Seismic Survey offshore Morocco (Safi to Rabat area) by TGS-NOPEC (map).
• Manfred Hauptmann International Geological Consulting: Moroccan petroleum systems, facies analysis, sequence stratigraphy, palaeogeography.
• Vanco Energy Company, Safi Haute Mer & Ras Tafelney Offshore.
• Energy Africa.
• Repsol.
• The hydrocarbon habitat of the Agadir basin offshore Morocco (D.M. Truempy and S.C. Reeve, Shell International E & P Deepwater Services, Houston, TX).
• Maghreb Petroleum Exploration S.A. (MPE): a Moroccan company carrying out petroleum exploration and production activities on- and offshore Morocco.
• Deep-water Scotian slope assessment: a press release from the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board. Not Morocco, but as the Nova Scotia margin is the conjugate to Morocco, and the subject is deep-water exploration, this may be of interest to some people. A summary of this document is available in pdf format, or the full article can be downloaded from the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board website.

Other commercial geology sites

• Minerals and fossils from Morocco for sale.
• Mining in Morocco (MBendi).
• OCP Group (Groupe Office Cherifien des Phosphates), Morocco: phosphate deposits and processing sites in Morocco.

Satellite images and Maps

• Online Landsat TM images at Cornell University from northern Algeria and Morocco.
• Shuttle Images: Cape Juby.
• Morrocan geological maps provided by GeoPubs Worldwide Data.
• Morrocon maps (general, official, geological maps and guides) available from The Map Shop.
  
  

General news and links about Morocco

• Morocco Travel Forum
• Riad Reviews: Moroccan Riad Hotels
• Simply Morocco: Travel and Transport Information
• Travel Resources Morocco at "The Magic Morocco"
• Daily news by allAfrica.com.
• Morocco.com.
• Country overview (Miftah Shamali).
• Country overview (Mbendi).
• Country information by marokko-info.nl (in Dutch)
• Digital Morocco maps.
• CIA Factbook - Morocco. Statistics and descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, transport, communications and defence forces.
• ABYZ news links for Morocco.

Landmines

• Landmine Monitor: provides a summary of landmine information for Morocco.
• Further landmine information resources are listed in the landmine section on the safety page.