Neotectonic earth movements related to the 1999 eruption of Cameroon Mountain, West Africa

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Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-12

  Suh, C Emmanuel ^a   Ayonghe, Samuel N ^a   Njumbe, Emmanuel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

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EID: 0035608212     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2001/v24i1/003     Document Type: Article

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