Security and Travel

Contacts

AAPG Student Chapters

Geology of Egypt

Links to related sites

EPEX

Egypt Projects

• Sebastian Luning of Bremen University, Germany, manages an excellent web site dedicated to North Africa through the North Africa Research Group. From this site, abundant general information on related societies, bid-rounds, members, etc., is available, with a specific section dealing with Egypt.

Government -- bid-rounds and other data:

• The official government web site for the petroleum industry: Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).

• Sudan Geology and Petroleum Exploration

• General geology and minerals information through geocities.com.

• The North African Journal is a pay subscription with details on energy, petroleum exploration, business and politics of North Africa.

• Information on Sinai wildlife, tours, geology.
• The sedimentological society of Egypt.
• The Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority (EGSMA).
• The Egyptian Geophysical Survey website

• Information on the newest giant Sauropod discovery in Bahariya Oasis:
• A Whale Valley experience.
• More on Whale Valley!
• A note on Phil Gingerich's work on ancient whales.
• Another note about Phil.
• WALKING WITH BEASTS: The DISCOVEY CHANNEL looks at Whale Valley and the Basillosaurus in particular.

Historical geological interest:

• Information on turn of the century paleontological expeditions in the Fayoum basin by Walter Granger, of the American Museum of Natural History.