Geodynamic evolution of the Pan-African belt in central Africa with special reference to Cameroon

SF Toteu, J Penaye, YP Djomani - Canadian Journal of Earth …, 2004 - cdnsciencepub.com
The Pan-African belt in central Africa has benefited from the many petrographic, structural,
and geochronological studies in the recent years that have improved our understanding of …

Palaeogeography and crustal evolution of the Ossa–Morena Zone, southwest Iberia, and the North Gondwana margin during the Cambro-Ordovician: a review of …

A Cambeses, JH Scarrow, P Montero… - International Geology …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Cambro-Ordovician palaeogeography and fragmentation of the North Gondwana margin is
still not very well understood. Here we address this question using isotopic data to consider …

The 2.1 Ga West central African belt in Cameroon: extension and evolution

J Penaye, SF Toteu, R Tchameni… - Journal of African Earth …, 2004 - Elsevier
Available isotopic and geochronological data, combined with new petrographic and
structural observations in Cameroon, permit discussion of the nature and extension of the …

Obliquely convergent tectonics and granite emplacement in the Trans-Saharan belt of Eastern Nigeria: a synthesis

E Ferré, G Gleizes, R Caby - Precambrian research, 2002 - Elsevier
The Eastern Nigeria terrane belongs to the 3000 km-long Trans-Saharan belt which was
formed in the Neoproterozoic, between 750 and 500 Ma by continental collision between the …

Pan-African, post-collisional, ferro-potassic granite and quartz–monzonite plutons of Eastern Nigeria

EC Ferré, R Caby, JJ Peucat, R Capdevila, P Monié - Lithos, 1998 - Elsevier
Three Pan-African hypersthene-bearing monzogranitic and quartz–monzonitic plutons from
the Eastern terrane of Nigeria have been investigated in detail. New major, trace and REE …

Emplacement and deformation of the Fomopéa pluton: implication for the Pan-African history of Western Cameroon

T Njanko, A Nédélec, M Kwékam, R Siqueira… - Journal of Structural …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Fomopéa pluton (622–613 Ma) is located in the western part of the Pan-African belt in
Cameroon. It comprises of 3 units: biotite-hornblende granitoids (BHG), biotite …

U–Pb zircon and microfabric data of (meta) granitoids of western Cameroon: Constraints on the timing of pluton emplacement and deformation in the Pan-African belt …

G Njiekak, W Dörr, JP Tchouankoué, G Zulauf - Lithos, 2008 - Elsevier
Striking characteristics of the western Neoproterozoic belt of Cameroon (NFBC) are the
large volume of granitoids and crustal-scale shear zones. New structural and …

Pan-African granulite formation in the Kabye Massif of northern Togo (West Africa): Pb− Pb zircon ages

P Affaton, A Kröner, KF Seddoh - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2000 - Springer
Metamorphic zircons from seven granulite facies orthogneisses of tonalitic composition
(enderbites), collected from four different nappes of the Kabye Massif in the Dahomeyide …

Syn-kinematic ferroan high-K I-type granites from Dschang in southwestern Cameroon: U–Pb age, geochemistry and implications for crustal growth in the late Pan …

M Kwékam, I Dunkl, EM Fozing, G Hartmann, T Njanko… - 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Dschang granites, SW Cameroon, are post-Panafrican granitoids, hosted in
Paleoproterozoic orthogneiss in the Western domain of the Central African fold belt. They …

Geochemical reconnaissance of the Guéra and Ouaddaï Massifs in Chad: evolution of Proterozoic crust in the Central Sahara Shield

MJ De Wit, S Bowring, R Buchwaldt… - South African Journal …, 2021 - journals.co.za
In 1964, WQ Kennedy suggested that the crust of Saharan Africa is different from the rest of
Africa. To date, the geologic evolution of this region remains obscure because the age and …