Archaean high-K granitoids produced by remelting of earlier Tonalite-Trondhjemite-Granodiorite (TTG) in the Sangmelima region of the Ntem complex of the Congo craton, southern Cameroon

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 817-841

  Shang, Cosmas Kongnyuy ^a   Satir, Muharrem ^a   Nsifa, Emmanuel Nkonguin ^b   Liégeois, Jean Paul ^c   Siebel, Wolfgang ^a   Taubald, Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

High K granites; Major and trace element composition; Partial melting; Sr and Nd systematics; TTG

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NEODYMIUM; PARTIAL MELTING; STRONTIUM; TECTONIC SETTING; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE;

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

EID: 34548740140     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0141-3     Document Type: Article

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