Petrology of the Cenozoic volcanism in the Upper Benue valley, northern Cameroon (Central Africa)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-106

  Ngounouno, I ^a   Deruelle B ^b   Demaiffe, D ^c   Montigny, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^b Lab de Magmatologie et Geochemie   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CENOZOIC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; PETROLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANISM;

BENUE VALLEY; CAMEROON;

EID: 0038417974     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-002-0438-6     Document Type: Article

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