The Djourdé-Sinassi magmatic-migmatitic complex, Northern Cameroon: a record of vertical extrusion of the Pan-African partially molten orogenic root

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 196, 2025


Article Number		11
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2025014
Published online		13 June 2025

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