Origin and paleoenvironment of Pleistocene-Holocene Travertine deposit from the Mbéré sedimentary sub-basin along the Central Cameroon shear zone: Insights from petrology and palynology and evidence for neotectonics
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- 作者：Milan Stafford Tchouatchaa ; inter_milanac@yahoo.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; André ; Njoyab ; Sylvestre Gannoa ; Ré ; né ; Toyamaa ; d ; Paul Aubin Ngouema ; Pierre Ricard Njiké ; Ngahac
- 关键词：Origin ; Paleoenvironment ; Travertine ; Mbé ; ré ; sub-basin ; Pleistocene&ndash ; Holocene ; Cameroon
- 刊名：Journal of African Earth Sciences
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：June 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：118
- 期：Complete
- 页码：24-34
- 全文大小：3837 K
文摘
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The travertine of the Mbéré is from deep origin and fault-controlled deposit.
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It was deposited during Pleistocene–Holocene according to their fossil content.
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The climate of deposition period was more or less hot and semi-arid.
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This deposit corresponds to travertine-detrital facies.