Clinopyroxene from some felsic alkaline rocks of the Cameroon Line, central Africa: Petrological implications

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 527-542

  Njonfang, Emmanuel ^a   Nono, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Alkaline complexes; Cameroon Line; Clinopyroxene trends; Felsic rocks; Zr and Ti bearing aegirines

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; GRANITE; MAGNETITE; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SODIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIUM;

ALKALINE COMPLEXES; ALKALINE ROCKS; CAMEROON; CLINOPYROXENES; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; EVOLUTIONARY TREND; OXYGEN FUGACITY; ZIRCON CRYSTALS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CLINOPYROXENE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FELSIC ROCK; PETROLOGY; PYROXENE; VOLCANISM;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0037832222     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0527     Document Type: Article

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