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The Geology of Egypt

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This chapter reviews fuel resources other than petroleum. The first part describes the oil shale of Egypt, which is considered as an overlooked future energy resource. The second part describes coal resource in Sinai.

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  1. Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Ahmed El-Kammar

  2. Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, Egypt

    Nader A. A. Edress

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  1. Department of Geology, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

    Zakaria Hamimi

  2. Department of Geology, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Ahmed El-Barkooky

  3. Institutes of Geosciences, Ciudad University, Madrid, Spain

    Jesús Martínez Frías

  4. Department of Geology and Environment Earth Science, University of Graz, Vienna, Austria

    Harald Fritz

  5. Department of Geology, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Yasser Abd El-Rahman

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El-Kammar, A., Edress, N.A.A. (2020). Other Fuel Resources. In: Hamimi, Z., El-Barkooky, A., Martínez Frías, J., Fritz, H., Abd El-Rahman, Y. (eds) The Geology of Egypt. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15265-9_17

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