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Quantification of Strain of the Pan-African in Mvog-Betsi Area (Yaoundé Group, Cameroon)

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The ductile deformation in the paragneissic bed of Mvog-Betsi in the north-eastern part of Yaounde (Cameroon) appears to be intensive and may be traduced by a high shear rate (more than 10%). Some marker subjects that may quantify this strain are observed. Those are elliptical quartz and feldspar, and folds. The study of elliptical markers shows their preferential orientation. The initial rate Ri of the markers before the strain approaches 3.76, and the harmonic value of Rf is between 1.51 and 1.71. Main orientation Øf of strain’s ellipse from the direction of stretching in actual position is situated between -10 and -19. The strain’s rate RS is comprised between 1.1 and 1.7. The orientation ØS of the strain’s ellipse is situated between N10E and N20E. The rate of shortening varies between 20% and 75%.

DOI 10.11648/j.ijema.20180602.11
Published in International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2018)
Page(s) 40-46
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Strain, Method, Rate of Deformation, Yaoundé Group, Cameroon

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  • Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

  • Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

  • Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

  • Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

  • Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

  • Institut of Geological and Mining Research, Yaounde, Cameroon

  • Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

  • Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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    Jean Engelbert Mpesse, Joseph Martial Akame, Eric José Messi Ottou, Bernard Njom, Sébastien Owona, et al. Quantification of Strain of the Pan-African in Mvog-Betsi Area (Yaoundé Group, Cameroon). Int J Environ Monit Anal. 2018;6(2):40-46. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20180602.11

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