The Mount Manengouba, a complex volcano of the Cameroon Line: Volcanic history, petrological and geochemical features

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 297-321

  Pouclet, André ^a   Kagou Dongmo, Armand ^b   Bardintzeff, Jacques Marie ^c,d   Wandji, Pierre ^e   Chakam Tagheu, Pulchérie ^e   Nkouathio, David ^b   Bellon, Hervé ^f   Ruffet, Gilles ^g,h  

^a Department of Earth Sciences University of Dschang ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^g STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Caldera collapse; Cameroon Volcanic Line; Mantle source components; Olivine and pyroxene thermobarometry; Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BAROMETRY; CALDERA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAVA; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMA; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANO;

CAMEROON; LITTORAL [CAMEROON]; MOUNT MANENGOUBA;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 84902530816     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.04.023     Document Type: Article

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