Petrology and CHIME geochronology of Pan-African high K and Sr/Y granitoids in the Nkambe area, Cameroon

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 686-699

  Tetsopgang, Samuel ^a,b   Suzuki, Kazuhiro ^a   Njonfang, Emmanuel ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Central African Belt; CHIME dating; Gondwana; High K and Sr Y monzogranite

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; PETROLOGY; POTASSIUM; SOURCE ROCK; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CAMEROON;

EID: 53849134466     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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