Palaeomagnetism of the continental sector of the Cameroon Volcanic Line, West Africa

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 362-374

  Ubangoh, R U ^a   Pacca, I G ^a   Nyobe, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cainozoic; Cameroon; Paleomagnetism; Secular variation

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0032442666     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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