The mafic mineralogy of the Pande massif, Tikar plain, Cameroon: Implications for a peralkaline affinity and emplacement from highly evolved alkaline magma

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 525-537

  Njonfang, E ^b   Moreau, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amphiboles; Cameroon Line; Clinopyroxenes; Pande; Peralkaline affinity; Plutono volcanism; Syenite granite; Tikar plain; Trachyte rhyolite

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AMPHIBOLE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PLUTONISM; PYROXENE; SYENITE; VOLCANISM;

CAMEROON; PANDE MASSIF; TIKAR PLAIN;

EID: 0034082244     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646100549409     Document Type: Article

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