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North African database

This online database contains images, maps and data. All items are free for use in academia and education. The database will be added to regularly, and if you have anything that you would like us to display, please Email us.

Satellite photos | Maps | Field photographs

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North African satellite images;

Moroccan high Atlas image

A Google Earth satellite and Digital Elevation Model image of the Moroccan High Atlas mountains.

North African satellite image

A Google Earth composite satellite image of central North Africa.

 

Egypt satellite image

A Google Earth image of central Egypt including the Nile delta.

 

Nile delta satellite image

A Google Earth image of the Nile Delta, Egypt.

Murzhuk basin satellite

An ESA spectroscopic image of the Murzhuk basin, Libya.

Egyptian Libyan border

A NASA aqua satellite image of sand storms over Egypt and Libya.

Arkenu meteor crater, Libya

A Landsat 7 image of the Arkenu meteor crater in the Libyan desert.

High Atlas satellite photo

A LANDSAT-TM satellite mosaic of the High Atlas mountains, Morocco.

 

North African maps;

Map of Egyptian basins

A GIS map of Egyptian basins produced by NARG

Map of Libyan basins

A GIS map of Libyan basins produced by NARG

map of Sirte basin

A GIS map of Libyan production facilities and fields, produced by NARG

Map of offshore facilities

A GIS map of offshore production facilities North Africa, produced by NARG

 

North African field photographs;

Morocco camel and mountain

Devonian Mudmounds from Morocco, taken during a NARG field season.

Morocco desert view

Dipping outcrops in Morocco, contrasting the flat desert. Taken during a NARG field season.

Morocco cliff outcrop

A close up view of Mudmounds in Morocco. Taken during a NARG field season.

Morocco desert in the wind

Folded Devonian Carbonates from Evfoud, Morocco. Taken during a NARG field season.

Sicilian mudclast

A 7.5 ton mud clast, ripped from the seabed by a turbidity current. Miocene of Sicily. (Myron Thomas)

Mount Etna erupting

Mount Etna erupting during a NARG field season to Sicily (Myron Thomas)

View of Numidian field area, Sicily

Spectacular views while looking at Numidian Flysch. Taken during a NARG field season to Sicily (Myron Thomas)

Fossil burrows

Escape burrows from buried marine worms. Numidian Flysch of Tunisia (Myron Thomas)

Morocco ripples in the desert

Low relief Dunes, South of Evfoud, Morocco. Taken during a NARG field season.

Camels in the Moroccan desert

Camels in Morocco. Taken during a NARG field season.

Morocco paleo dunes

Triassic aeolian crossbeds, seen in Argana, Morocco. Taken during a NARG field season.

Morocco outrcop with Jonathan

Unknown features from the Cretaceous of Morocco. Dinosaur footprints? Deformed mudcracks? Taken during a NARG field season.

Morocco High Atlas

Stunning Triassic outcrops in the High Atlas. Taken during NARG PhD work (Ivan Fabuel-Perez).

High Atlas red cliffs

Triassic fluvial cliffs from the high Atlas of Morocco. Taken during NARG PhD work (Ivan Fabuel-Perez)

Nakhala view

Spectacular Nakhala basin scenery. Taken during Basins study field work (Ivan Fabuel-Perez)

Drilling core

Drilling core samples up to a metre long, beyond the weathered zone. Taken during NARG field work Libya (Jonathan Redfern) link to NARG consultancy

Transport problems in Libya

Slight problems driving across the desert of Libya. Taken on a NARG field season (Stephane Bodin)

Dunes, Libya

Knife edged dunes from Libya. Taken during a NARG field season (Stephane Bodin)

Roads to the horizon

Flat to the horizon in Libya. Taken during a NARG field season (Stephane Bodin)

Ancient dunes

Ancient Cretaceous river deposits in the Libyan desert. Taken during a NARG field season (Jonathan Redfern)