Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming
The geological examination of the Oases of the Libyan Desert was commenced in 1897, when two parties were sent out to Baharia Oasis, one under the charge of Dr. Ball, who, with Mr. G. Vuta as topographer, started from Minia and explored the eastern half of the area, while Mr....
The geological examination of the Oases of the Libyan Desert was commenced in 1897, when two parties were sent out to Baharia Oasis, one under the charge of Dr. Ball, who, with...
2. CHAPTER I.The Oasis of Baharia (or Northern Oasis), also known as the Little Oasis, lies between the parallels 27° 48′ and 28° 30′ of north latitude, and between the meridians 28° 35′ and...
3. CHAPTER II.Crossing the Libyan Desert from Maghagha and Minia respectively, the two parties of the Geological Survey met at a joint camp close to Zubbo, one of the chief villages of the oa...
4. CHAPTER III.The roads traversed by the Survey parties between Baharia and other places are three in number, viz., from near Maghagha and from Minia in the Nile Valley, and from Baharia to F...
5. CHAPTER IV.As already mentioned in the Introduction, Baharia Oasis is a large natural excavation in the Libyan Desert plateau. Previously existing maps frequently indicate this depression...
6. CHAPTER V.The earliest geological observations made in Baharia Oasis appear to have been those of Cailliaud,[35] who visited the district in 1820, and recorded the occurrence of volcanic...
7. CHAPTER VI.The oldest inscription yet found in Baharia is that on a stela of the time of Thothmes II, which was discovered by Ascherson in 1876 to the west of Bawitti.