Petrology of the bimodal Cenozoic volcanism of the Kapsiki plateau (northernmost Cameroon, Central Africa)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 21-44

  Ngounouno, I ^a   Deruelle B ^b   Demaiffe, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bimodal volcanism; Cameroon; Petrology

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; PETROLOGY; VOLCANISM;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0033750001     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00180-3     Document Type: Article

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