The database incorporates the extensive field data (samples and analytical results) acquired by NARG, integrated with published data across the region. It is built to meet the needs of PhD students, academic staff and sponsors of the group. It is designed to be an evolving platform inside which knowledge is added, edited and shared. The database will ultimately contain about 30 layers covering North Africa, from Morocco to Egypt, and extending south to Mauritania, Senegal and The Gambia . These include a synthesis of extensive literature reviews of specific analyses (e.g. outcrops, cross-sections, fossils, fission track ages…), industry data (on/offshore well and seismic data location, hydrocarbon fields, blocks…), and NARG data (sample locations, field photographs, reports and results from nearly 20 years of NARG research in the area). As base layers, partners will be able to choose from a fairly high-resolution geological map, DEM, magnetic and gravity data; all enriched by lots of geographical references.