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Mineralogy and geochemistry study of the Nyong River sediments, SW Cameroon: Implications for provenance, weathering, and tectonic setting by Yannick Steve Ngagoum Kontchipe; Francis Temgo Sopie; Gabriel Ngueutchoua; Aristide Nadine Sonfack; David Guimolaire Nkouathio; Robinson Tchatchueng; Gatien Romuald Kenfack Nguemo; Théophile Njanko is a Earth and Planetary Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
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Texture, mineralogy, heavy minerals, and major and trace elements, including REE, from surface sediment samples collected along the Nyong River (NR) were analyzed in the current study to characterize and discuss the intensity of weathering, provenance, and tectonic settings of the source area and estimate the chemical features that reflect the parental rocks, known from literature. The sediments are mainly fine-and coarse-grained sands, and the mineralogy is predominantly composed of quartz, accompanied by kaolinite, illite, opaque oxides, kyanite, rutile, zircon, tourmaline, sillimanite, garnet, and hypersthene. Geochemically, the sediments are classified as Fe-shale, Fe-sand, and quartz arenite. The CIA, PIA, CIW, and the A-CN-K and (A-K)-C-N plots indicate the high intensity of chemical weathering. The values of SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 , Al 2 O 3 /Na 2 O, K 2 O/Na 2 O, ICV, and the ZTR index indicate the maturity of many samples. Most of the sediment samples experienced recycling, as revealed by the Al 2 O 3 -TiO 2 -Zr plot. Several bivariate plots such as Zr vs TiO 2 and Th/Co vs La/Sc, and the REE pattern and size of Eu, indicate derivation from a source area composed mostly of interm
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- Author
- Yannick Steve Ngagoum Kontchipe; Francis Temgo Sopie; Gabriel Ngueutchoua; Aristide Nadine Sonfack; David Guimolaire Nkouathio; Robinson Tchatchueng; Gatien Romuald Kenfack Nguemo; Théophile Njanko
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)