Structural features of South-Adamawa (Cameroon) inferred from magnetic anomalies: Hydrogeological implications

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 342, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 467-474

  Noutchogwe, Constant Tatchum ^a   Koumetio, Fidèle ^a,b   Manguelle Dicoum, Eliezer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

3 D analytic signal; Adamawa; Cameroon; Euler deconvolution; Horizontal gradient; Magnetic anomaly; Reduction to the pole

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BASEMENT ROCK; DECONVOLUTION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GRANITE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; SHEAR ZONE;

ADAMAWA; CAMEROON; NIGERIA;

EID: 77953121378     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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