Discovery of ophiolite-related rocks in the Pan-African belt in Cameroon: Talc schists from Ngoung, Lamal Pougue, and Bibodi Lamal;Découverte des roches à affinité ophiolitique dans la chaîne panafricaine au Cameroun : les talcschistes de Ngoung, Lamal Pougue et Bibodi Lamal

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 338, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1167-1175

  Nkoumbou, Charles ^a,b   Goune, Clément Yonta ^a   Villiéras, Frédéric ^b   Njopwouo, Daniel ^a   Yvon, Jacques ^b   Ekodeck, Georges Emmanuel ^a   Tchoua, Félix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Hydrothermalism; Ophiolite; Pan African; Talc schist; Ultrabasic rocks

Indexed keywords

GREENSCHIST FACIES; HORNBLENDE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METAMORPHISM; MUSCOVITE; OPHIOLITE; OUTCROP; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCHIST; TALC;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CENTRE [CAMEROON]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; YAOUNDE;

EID: 33845381964     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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