K-Ar ages of magmatic rocks from the Garoua rift: Their place in the frame of the 'Cameroun Line';Âges K-Ar des roches magmatiques du fossé de Garoua (Cameroun) : Leur place dans le cadre de la « Ligne du Cameroun »

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 336, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1463-1471

  Montigny, Raymond ^a   Ngounouno, Ismaïla ^b   Déruelle, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NGAOUNDÉRÉ   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

'Cameroon Line'; Garoua; K Ar ages; Kokoumi pluton; Volcanics

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PLUTONIC ROCK; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AFRICA; BENUE VALLEY; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GAROUA; NORD PROVINCE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 10944263596     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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