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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Restraining bends in high temperature shear zones: The "Central Cameroon Shear Zone", Central Africa
Journal of African Earth Sciences, Volume 52, No. 1-2, Year 2008
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A detailed structural study of the Central Cameroon Shear Zone (CCSZ) segment, in the Bamoun plateau (BP) and the Tikar plain (TP) (West Cameroon), reveals a complex strain geometry of this shear zone. It shows thick mylonite bands wrapping around lenses of various country rock types, at small, medium and large scales. The mylonite foliation trends N40°E in the Tikar plain, and progressively curves into a N60°E to N70°E direction, to the NE and SW, defining a large scale S-type bend at the transition zone between two en-echelon segments, known as the Foumban and Central Cameroon Shear Zones (CCSZ). The structural, kinematic and metamorphic features of the Tikar mylonites characterize a restraining bend formed at a deep crustal level during a major dextral shear deformation. Its geometry suggests that the western extension of the CCSZ including its Brasiliano southernmost pre-drift counterpart form a left lateral stepping (en-echelon) shear zone system. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Njonfang, Emmanuel
Cameroon, Yaounde
Université de Yaoundé I
Ngako, Vincent
Cameroon, Yaounde
Inst. Rech. Geologiques et Minieres
Cameroon, Yaounde
Nu Energy Coorporation
Moreau, Christian
France, La Rochelle
La Rochelle Université
Affaton, Pascal
France, Aix-en-provence
Centre Européen de Recherche et D’enseignement de Géosciences de L’environnement
Diot, Hervé
France, La Rochelle
La Rochelle Université
Statistics
Citations: 106
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2008.03.002
ISSN:
1464343X
e-ISSN:
1464343X
Study Locations
Cameroon