Eruptive history of the Barombi Mbo Maar, Cameroon volcanic line, Central Africa: Constraints from volcanic facies analysis

Central European Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 480-496

  Chako Tchamabe, Boris ^a,b   Youmen, Dieudonné ^b   Owona, Sébastien ^b   Issa, ^a,d   Ohba, Takeshi ^a   Németh, Károly ^e   Ngapna, Moussa Nsangou ^b   Asaah, Asobo N E ^c   Aka, Festus T ^d   Tanyileke, Gregory ^d   Hell, Joseph V ^d  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^c Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^d Institute of Mining and Geological Research IRGM   (Cameroon)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barombi Mbo Maar; Cameroon volcanic line; Monogenetic volcanic field; Phreato Strombolian; Pyroclastic facies

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FALLOUT; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

BAROMBI MBO MAAR; CAMEROON; PHREATO-STROMBOLIAN; PYROCLASTIC FACIES; VOLCANIC FIELD;

DEPOSITION;

EMPLACEMENT; FACIES; MAAR; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CAMEROON; LAKE BAROMBI MBO; MOUNT CAMEROON; SUD OUEST PROVINCE;

EID: 84901924800     PISSN: 20819900     EISSN: 18961517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13533-012-0147-2     Document Type: Article

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