Tectonic evolution of the Yaoundé segment of the Neoproterozoic Central African Orogenic Belt in southern Cameroon

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences - Tập 44 Số 4 - Trang 433-444 - 2007
Hubert Mvondo1, Sébastien Owona2, Joseph Mvondo Ondoa1, Jean Essono1
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
2Department of Earth Sciences, University of Douala, P.O. Box 24157, Douala, Cameroon

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The deformation history of the Neoproterozoic Central African Orogenic Belt in southern Cameroon is well recorded in the low- to high-grade rocks outcropping in the area around Yaoundé. The fabrics in these rocks are consistent with two main ductile deformation events D1 and D2. D1 predated emplacement of calc-alkaline dioritic bodies and caused the formation of nappes that resulted in high-pressure granulite metamorphism of soft sediments. A strong overprinting of these nappes during D2 symmetric extension, probably associated with large-scale foliation boudinage and (or) gneissic doming and intense magmatic underplating, gave rise to regional flat-lying fabrics. The latter were further buckled by D3 and D4 folding phases defining a vertical constriction occurring with a major east–west to NW–SE shortening direction. The corresponding F3 and F4 folds trend north–south to NE–SW and east–west to NW–SE, respectively, and represent the main regional strain patterns. Based on the east–west to NW–SE maximum shortening orientation indicated by F3 folds, it is proposed that the nappe-stacking phase D1 occurred in the same direction. The deformation history in the area can thus be described as corresponding principally to alternating east–west to NW–SE contractions and north–south to NE–SW orogenic-parallel extensions. At the regional scale, this could be due to the Transaharan east–west collisional system.

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Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Tập 44 Số 4

433-444

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