Silicic magmas from the continental Cameroon Volcanic Line (Oku, Bambouto and Ngaoundere): 40Ar-39Ar dates, petrology, Sr-Nd-O isotopes and their petrogenetic significance

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 135, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 133-150

  Marzoli, Andrea ^a,b   Renne, Paul R ^b   Piccirillo, Enzo M ^a   Castorina, Francesca ^c   Bellieni, Giuliano ^d   Melfi, Adolpho J ^e   Nyobe, Jean B ^f   N'ni, Jean ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f Min de Rech Sci Technologique   (Cameroon)

^g Inst de Rech Geoligique Minerarie   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASANITE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PETROLOGY; TRACHYTE;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0032885713     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050502     Document Type: Article

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