A comparative review of petrogenetic processes beneath the Cameroon Volcanic Line: Geochemical constraints

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 557-570

  Asaah, Asobo N E ^a,b   Yokoyama, Tetsuya ^a   Aka, Festus T ^c   Usui, Tomohiro ^a   Wirmvem, Mengnjo J ^d   Chako Tchamabe, Boris ^d   Ohba, Takeshi ^d   Tanyileke, Gregory ^c   Hell, J V ^c  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b Industry and Technological Development   (Cameroon)

^c Nuclear Technology Section   (Cameroon)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cameroon volcanic line; Depleted MORB mantle; Enriched mantle; Mantle heterogeneity; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940267794     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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