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Original Paper

Oumarou F. Nkouandou, Robert Temdjim

Petrology of spinel lherzolite xenoliths and host basaltic lava from Ngao Voglar volcano, Adamawa Massif (Cameroon Volcanic Line, West Africa): equilibrium conditions and mantle characteristics

Journal of Geosciences, volume 56 (2011), issue 4, 375 - 387

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.108


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