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• TITLE: Zircon Trace Element Geochemistry and Ti-in-Zircon Thermometry of the Ngazi-Tina Pan-African Post-Collisional Granitoids, Adamawa Cameroon

  AUTHORS: Alexis Hamdja Ngoniri, Habib Dadjo Djomo, Timoleon Ngnotue, Patrick Ayonta Kenne, Ghislain Ngassam Mbianya, Sylvestre Ganno, Jean Paul Nzenti

  KEYWORDS: Granitoids, Zircon Geochemistry, Ti-in-Zircon Thermometer, Continental Crust, Ngazi-Tina, Adamawa-Yade Cameroun

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Geosciences, Vol.12 No.4, April 15, 2021

  ABSTRACT: In Cameroon, the Ngazi-Tina region belongs to the Adamawa-Yade domain of the Pan-African Central African Fold Belt (CAFB). It is composed of two petrographic types: quartz-monzonites (majority) and nepheline syenites. Two morphological types, prismatic and pyramidal, were recognized in the zircon grains samples. These zircon types display internal structures typical of magmatic zircons. Zircons separated from the Ngazi-Tina samples contain higher abundances of Hf (close to 8000 ppm) and moderate trace elements (Y, Th, U, Nb, Ta) and REE contents, suggesting a variable degree of magmatic evolution. The chondrite-normalized REE patterns of zircons are characterized by LREE depletion relative to HREE with positive Ce and negative Eu anomalies, typical of magmatic zircons. The high Hf content together with high Ce/Ce*, Th/U, Zr/Hf ratios suggest magma crystallization under variable oxidation and oxygen fugacity. The application of Ti-in-zircon thermometer reveals crystallization temperatures ranging from 678°C to 811°C and 658°C to 768°C for quartz monzonites and nepheline syenites respectively. These features indicate probably a partial melting of continental crust as the source of these zircons grains and emplacement in the magmatic-arc setting.