Geochemical dataset of alluvial sediments in the Mbiame floodplain (NW Cameroon): Implication for provenance, paleoweathering, and maturity.

To identify potential heavy minerals in the Mbiame floodplain in the Northwestern region of Cameroon, geochemical and petrographical data from alluvial deposits were utilized. The grains are mixed with inclusions of zircon and ilmenite, and the megacrysts come from felsic to intermediate igneous rocks like old basalt-andesite and magmatic gneiss. The Mbiame region lies between latitudes 6° 8' and 6° 24' N and longitudes 10° 39' and 10° 57' E, East of Mount Oku.

Trace metal geochemistry sediments from the Dibamba River, SW Cameroon: Implication for heavy metal assessment and origin.

Sediment quality and trace metal accumulation are two of the most pressing issues facing the aquatic ecosystem around the world. Twenty-four (24) samples of stream sediments were collected along the Dibamba River, in the economic and industrial capital of Cameroon, to judge the trace metal levels in this river flowing near the city of Douala. Trace metal concentrations were disclosed with an ICP-MS on two different grain size fractions (very fine-grained sand and clay).

Paleoclimate characteristics of source area weathering and metallogenic implication of cretaceous black shales in the Mamfe basin, (SW Cameroon): Evidence from lithogeochemistry.

Black shales are highly enriched in essential elements containing critical information on metallic richness and paleoclimatic imprints during deposition. The Cretaceous period marks the age of Basin formation from which the Mamfe Basin was formed from the Albian to Cenomanian. The purpose of this study is to investigate the geochemical behaviour of the shales in the Mamfe Basin and their paleoclimatic and metallogenic significance.