This book summarizes the links between the evolution of sedimentary basins of Northern Africa and Peri-Mediterranean in different tectonic settings and the distribution of georesources in those basins. Georesources include fossil energy, geothermal energy, deep aquifers, minerals and deposits. This book also provides key information for energy resources in these important areas. The book is in part a compilation of selected papers from Atlas Georesources International Congress, Hammamet, Tunisia, (AGIC 2017) which were extended after the congress in addition to other contributions from geoscientists based at some universities and companies from the region. It is organized in a set of research studies focusing on the architecture, geodynamic evolution and modeling of sedimentary basins in the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean domain. Future developments in the exploration for water, energy and other georesources are very important in these regions. In this context, thisbook constitutes an important reference for a wide range of geoscientists and companies as it defines the distribution and potentialities of these resources.

Adds new insights on the regional geology of the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean domain

Chapter 1. The Mediterranean Sea: a laboratory to characterize micro-continental drift and oceanic basin formation processes.- Chapter 2. The westernmost Tethyan margins in the Rif Belt (Morocco), a review.- Chapter 3. The Tellian units, the Sellaoua window and the High Medjerda foreland in the Souk Ahras area, NE Algeria.- Chapter 4. Facies Analyses and Basin Evolution of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Rift-related Sedimentary Succession of Haddat Ash Sham area, West Central Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia.- Chapter 5. Petroleum system evaluation of Upper Cretaceous and Eocene plays, offshore and onshore southern Pelagian Basin, Tunisia.