Deep to shallow crustal differentiation of within-plate alkaline magmatism at Mt. Bambouto volcano, Cameroon Line

Lithos

Volumn 220-223, Issue , 2015, Pages 272-288

  Marzoli, Andrea ^a   Aka, Festus T ^b   Merle, Renaud ^c   Callegaro, Sara ^a   N'ni, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Institute for Geological and Mining Research (IRGM)   (Cameroon)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caldera; Cameroon Line; Magmatic plumbing system; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; PETROGENESIS; STRATOVOLCANO;

CAMEROON; MOUNT BAMBOUTO; NORTH WEST REGION;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 84924227160     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.02.005     Document Type: Article

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