Mineral Resources Potential - Geothermal Resources

iv Mineral Resources Potential of Ethimia
mwces) are restricted to Phanerozoic basin sediments and
Cainomic volcanism and rifting ctreas.
In preparing this wbrk, I have, co~ously or
.* unconsciously, been influenced by methods, statements,
illustrations, a. that have appeared in other books or publications.
So, I have tried to acknowledge my indebtedness, in general in
scholarly terms, but, if I have failed to mention all, I wish to
express aplogy and gratitude at the same time.
I am particularly grateful to the Ministry of Mines and
Energy, the Petroleum Operation Department, the Ethiopian
Geological Survey, and the Ethiopian Mineral Development Share
Co. for giving me access to their geological and mineral databases.
A Mcular debt of gratitude is owed to Dr. Asfawossen Asrat,
Dqmtment of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa University, and a
reviewer who undertook the onerous task of reviewing the entire
manuscript. Their comments have helped me to b& to my
, attention certain errors and omissions that were duly corrected.
Finally, I thank the publisher, Addis Abaha University
Press, for all the effort to produce the book in its present form.
Solomon Tadesse (Ph.D.) Professor of Eoonomic Geology and
Exploration Geology, Department of Earth Sciences,
Addis Ababa University
(E-mail: golotade@neol,w.edu.@
March 2008