The Cameroon hot line is dominated by magmatic rocks. The variations of magma and chemistry are generally due to the difference of physical conditions and chemistry in the magma source region during the ascent of magma. The Mt Etinde and the Mt Cameroon, both edifices belong to the Cameroon Hot line, have a particularity some rare rocks such as camptonite and nephelinite. The relationship between the silica undersaturated rocks in the both edifices is characterized by the lateral variation appear through the petrography of the different rocks. The concerned geochemical data allow to compare the Mount Etinde nephelinite and Mount Cameroon camptonite where the differentiation process reflects geochemical affinities from a basaltic magma source on the Cameroon hot line. The compatible elements between the Mount Etinde nephelinite and the Mount Cameroon camptonite and basalt correlate with the difference in modal compositions of mineral phases. The lateral variation of major and trace element contents in the Mount Cameroon camptonite and Mount Etinde nephelinite seem to be related to the difference in the fractional crystallization processes of mineral phases, the difference in the partial melting processes and the metasomatism source rich in volatile. The silica-undersaturated character of the camptonite and nephelinite could be attributed to assimilation of carbonate rocks within depth-level magma chambers. Trace element AFC modelling revealed that the parental magmas of both edifice volcanic rocks were mostly affected by fractional crystallisation coupled with metasomatism process in Ca rich source.
Nephelinite Camptonite Link Source Cameroon Hot Line1. Introduction
Mount Cameroon 4˚1'N - 9˚6'E and 4˚19'N - 9˚15'E is located in south-western Cameroon Region and rises from the Atlantic coast to a height of 4095 m. Mount Etinde is a small densely forested and highly dissected volcano located on the SW flank of Mount Cameroon. It situated on the south-westely side of the Mount Cameroon volcano (one of Africa’s most active volcanoes), between latitude 4˚1' and 4˚6' and longitude 9˚5'E and 9˚8'E, along the Atlantic coast of West Africa. It raises to a height of 1713 m with the lavas compositions entirely of the silica undersaturated rocks (i.e. nephelinites). The Mount Cameroon is extensively covered by cinder cones, explosive craters, where lava flows and scoraceous lapilli cover a total area of ~1116 km2 included the Mount Etinde edifice [1]. The Mount Cameroon and Etinde Mountain belong to the CHL, both edifices which are characterized by the occurrence of the silica undersaturated rocks unless abundant in the Cameroon Hot line. The Cameroon Hot Line/Cameroon Volcanic Line/Cameroon Line (CL) as well as many other volcanic provinces across the African plate is characterized by associations of Tertiary to recent volcanism [2]. It forms one of the major geologic lineaments of the African plate. It is evident that the contention over its geodynamic origin of the megastructure which across the Cameroon country along the 1600 km is linked of the complex features on the linear alignment of the volcanoes but lack of a consistent time-space migration. The Cameroon hot line is dominated by magmatic rocks. The variations of magma and chemistry are generally due to the difference of physical conditions and chemistry in the magma source region during the ascent of magma. Magmatic rocks are differentiated by several petrological processes such as 1) different degrees of melting of the source rocks, 2) crystal fractionation in magma chambers (fractional crystallization, FC), 3) contamination of the magma via assimilation of the wall-rocks (assimilation), and 4) mixing of magmas of different compositions [3]. Specially, Etinde Mountain occur a particularity petrography of the nephelinite while it shares the same basement rocks of the Mount Cameroon which, addition to the dominating of the basaltic lavas, present other rare rocks such as camptonite. In this paper, ten samples from three different localities and four different rocks types have been studied (nephelinite or clinopyroxene nephelinite, basalt and camptonite) to compare major and trace elements and discuss the relationship between the silica undersaturated rocks in the both edifice: Mount Cameroon camptonite rocks and Mount Etinde nephelinite which characterize the lateral variation appear through the petrography of the different rocks.
2. Geological Setting
The Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL), also called the Cameroon Line [4] or Cameroon Hot Line [5], is made up of an alignment of mountains trending N30˚ and is divided into two parts: an oceanic part with volcanic islands of Gulf of Guinea and a continental part characterized by volcanic eruptions of Mount Cameroon and deadly gas emissions from lakes Monoun in 1984 and Nyos in 1986, respectively (Figure 1). The Cameroon Hot line or Cameroon line consist of two sections: The oceanic section and the continental section. The oceanic section lies within the Gulf of Guinea consisting of the islands of Pagalu, São Tomé, Principe, and Bioko and the continental section is made the several volcanic mountains by an alternation of horsts and grabens [6]. Main mountains are mount (Mt) Cameroon (4095 m) which is the highest and the most active volcanoes of the CVL, mainly formed by alkaline basalts [5] [7].
Mount Cameroon is typically a basaltic volcano that forms part of a long line of volcanoes referred to regionally as the Cameroon Hot line [5] against the Mount Etinde which is stratovolcanco cone consisting of layered nephelinitic tuff, nephelinite to hauyne melilite or garnet-red, leucito-nephelinite to hauynophyres [8] [9]. The mount Etinde edifice shows a depression at 4˚5'E and 9˚6'N which can be interpreted as the collapse of the volcanic products during the destabilization of the flank and/or the flaring of lavas frightening a bed due to the tension of the flank. Several geological and geophysical studies have been specially carried the mount Cameroon volcano and out along the CVL to understand its structure, origin and evolution in general. Mount Cameroon and Mount Etinde share the same basement rocks with the volcanoes. They are characterized by the eruption of a type but with proximal pahoehoe occurring locally near the vents [10]. According by [11] the presence of the nephelinite rocks and camptonite rocks in the same block of the volcano, both volcanic rocks silica-undersaturated, show clearly a link with the tectonic process in opening zone as well as Atlantic Ocean which belong to extension domain along to the Cameroon Hot line.
3. Petrography and Mineral Composition
In addition to samples collected for this study, the investigated nephelinite samples are petrographically fresh, contain secondary minerals and are mostly porphyritic or slightly porphyric. The mineral phases are often characterized by euhedral and subhedral crystal habits. Clinopyroxene phenocrysts and microphenocrysts sometimes show columnar habit. The groudmass comprises clinopyroxene, titano-magnetite, and nepheline. A detail petrographic and mineralogy from Mount Etinde nephelinitic rocks are presented by [8] [9] [12] [13]. Mineral assemblage of the basalt C10J reveals clinopyroxene, amphibole and biotite against Mt Cameroon camptonites which contain phenocrysts of clinopyroxene or olivine, plagioclase, amphibole and biotite and titanomagnetite scattered in a groundmass of the same minerals and also contain nepheline or analcime and carbonate [14]. The mineral assemblages of the nephelinite are similar of the camptonite (C10H) with the small difference in the representative modal mineral. Petrographically and mineralogy of the Mt Etinde nephelinite and Camptonite are quite similar and have porphyritic texture except for the absence of plagioclase in the nephelinite.
4. Geochemistry
Analytical procedures
Analytical data for major and trace elements determined of the Mt Etinde nephelinite and Mt Cameroon camptonite and basalt were done in based on electron microprobe instrument (CAMEBAX SX 50 at the University of Marie Curie, Paris) [9] [11].
Major elements
The whole-rock compositions of the studied samples are presented in Table 1. A slightly lower content of MnO is also typical of the Cameroon hot line. The classification of the samples, based on the total alkali-silica diagram Figure 2 [15] show the Mt. Cameroon camptonite, basalt and Mount Etinde nephelinite plot in two major fields. Difference in the fractionation processes resulted in the differences in differentiation index (D.I.) variation. Major elements chemical analyses for the representative rock samples along with their CIPW norms and DI are given in Table 1. The differentiation index ranges from 14.15 to 54.61 and confirm the alkali nature of the studied samples in the two edifices (Mount Cameroon and Mount Etinde). Analysis of behaviour of the major elements in all sample indicated the presence of one group of rock which, differed in silica and alkali contents but with the alkali affinity. Variation in major elements against D.I. is shown on the variation diagrams of Figure 3. The CaO and Al2O3 demonstrated opposite trends. Concentration of major oxides such as MgO, CaO, show a negative correlation with increase in D.I. while TiO2, Al2O3, K2O are increased. With increasing D.I. the alkali contents are scattered although Al2O3, P2O5 and Fe2O3 decreases slightly from theTiO2, CaO and K2O. This is due probably to the early crystallization of the different minerals phases.
The CaO and MgO decrease with increasing DI reflects clinopyroxene fractionation affected by crystallisation of carbonate minerals. The characteristic features of this suite are the high CaO for nephelinite (11.2% - 16.2%) compared of the Mount Cameroon camptonite (8.4% - 10.7% and low alkali contents of the primitive lavas, in sharp contrast to the primitive high-k basalt.C10J.
Trace elements
The normalized abundance of incompatible elements in representative rocks is demonstrated in Figure 4. This diagram shows abundance patterns of moderaly highly compatible elements normalized concentrations in the primitive mantle [16]. The content of Zr and Nb in the analysed nephelinite range from
183 to 728 and from 39 to 267 respectively and highest the camptonite and basalt. The compatible elements, Ni, Cr, Co, and Sc are more concentrated in ferromagnesian minerals than in coexisting melt in the silica undersaturated rocks excepted the basalts C10J with high Ni = 275 ppm. All rocks show similar distribution patterns, though their elemental contents may differ by some elements (Ba and Yb). Several geochemical studies have been carried the mount Cameroon showed that alkali basalts are enriched in Sr, Ba and Rb, but depleted in Ta, K, P, Nb and Ti as compared with the samples collected from the location on the Mount Etinde [14] [17] [18]. All rocks were depleted in K, P and Ti and this character are typical of alkaline rocks.
The studied samples rocks of both edifices present fractionated rare earth element (REE) patterns in chondrite-normalised REE plots. A chondrite normalised REE diagrams of [16] (Figure 5) shows LREE enrichment versus HREE from basalt to nephelinite. Highly fractionated REE compositions of selected
representative samples of the all samples are presented in Figure 6. Mount Etinde nephelinite show chondrite-normalized REE patterns similar to that of the Mount Cameroon camptonite. The spectrum of nephelinite and camptonite are superimposed and are parallel with basalt which considering as well as the primitive sample. Chondrite normalised REE patterns present LREE the strong enrichment relative to HREE, similar to other alkali rocks from the Cameroon Hot Line [5] [6] [19] [20]. The rare-earth element compositions of basaltic, camptonite rocks from Mount Cameroon and nephelinite rocks are given for comparaison in Table 1.
Representative analysis of all studied samples (Mt Etinde nephelinite, camptonite and basalt from Mt Cameroon)
(W%)
ME33
ME23
ME44
ME22
C10K
C10H
C10J
ME111
ME150
ME20
SiO2
39.01
43.4
38.89
40.21
47.19
45.86
45
42
39.4
39.89
TiO2
4.46
4.01
4.57
4
2.93
3.41
2.27
3.1
4.5
3.98
Al2O3
16.34
10.3
10.1
15
17.39
15.64
8.43
11.6
12.83
16.1
Fe2O3
12.34
15.8
13.02
12.1
9.97
13.31
11.07
12.2
11.78
12.01
MnO
0.27
0.5
0.3
0.29
0.18
0.19
0.18
0.2
0.3
0.28
MgO
4.67
10.9
8.4
5.16
3.84
5.16
14.46
10.1
9.18
4.1
CaO
11.35
11.2
16.2
13.43
8.41
10.72
14.47
13.2
14.81
13.1
Na2O
3.72
3.00
2.72
4.44
5.78
3.42
1.26
4.5
2.86
5.07
K2O
3.07
1.50
1.60
3.00
2.55
1.12
0.59
1.50
1.71
2.98
P2O5
1.2
2.3
2.2
1.09
0.77
0.54
0.32
0.9
0.64
1.11
PF
1.66
0.78
1.21
0.83
0.58
0.43
1.87
2.01
0.92
1.22
Total
98.09
103.69
99.21
99.55
99.59
99.8
99.92
101.31
98.93
99.84
Ba (ppm)
155
301
55
92
322
736
205
134
91
87
Rb
1645
1063
781
989
26.8
54.7
14.3
3622
777
1500
Th
18
15
30
17
4.56
12.75
3.26
25
15
13
Sr
1967
2543
2625
2234
745
1387
473
6923
1100
3311
Zr
522
623
605
667
269
504
183
728
392
690
Nb
263
214
177
222
59
135
39
263
103
267
Ni
12
11
25
12
43
23
279
13
47
16
Co
67
44
87
42.3
35
21
57
32
14.8
63.4
Zn
156
133
97
133
113
100
88
159
104
153
Cr
2
10
14
10
31
25
1304
7
13
13
La
226
257
205
244
47.9
105.7
32.7
224
98
276
Ce
392
453
431
488
98
212
70
387
221
465
Pr
55.1
48.3
52.3
54.1
11.6
22.5
8.7
60.1
47.5
43.2
Nd
155
170
139
188
45.1
86.3
35.1
142
94
156
Sm
16
11
30
16
9.1
14.6
6.8
19
20
15
Eu
6
6
11.8
4.9
2.88
4.06
2.1
4.9
6.7
5.4
Gd
17
23
15.6
22.4
7.68
11.36
5.51
20
18
22
Tb
2.2
1.5
2.56
1.92
1.09
1.6
0.76
1.9
2.38
2.3
Dy
11.2
9.86
11.45
13.58
5.55
7.56
3.97
8.96
9.78
12.35
V
245
345
287
212
294
215
235
254
299
197
Er
4.23
5.12
3.89
4.23
2.44
3.3
1.66
5.17
6.3
5.28
Tm
0.36
0.46
0.52
0.46
0.33
0.46
0.23
0.48
0.56
0.55
Yb
6.1
5.2
11.8
5.1
2.18
2.55
1.37
5.01
3.9
4.1
Lu
0.31
0.36
0.49
0.475
0.29
0.36
0.19
0.49
0.56
0.45
Y
44
39
36
49
27.4
36.4
18.3
39
27
47
CIPW norms (calculated with 1.5W% Fe2O3) and differentiation index (D.I.)
Or
18.14
8.87
9.46
16.94
15.07
6.62
3.49
8.87
10.11
17.61
Ab
7.69
25.39
7.59
0.00
28.46
28.94
10.66
6.94
1.89
0.35
An
18.82
10.21
10.62
12.14
13.97
24.015
15.60
7.02
17.12
12.37
Ne
12.89
0.000
8.36
20.35
11.08
0.000
0.000
16.87
12.08
23.06
Di
11.81
14.26
31.63
26.91
10.29
11.29
36.50
33.14
29.33
22.03
Ol
4.32
4.39
4.39
0.26
3.36
4.50
10.69
6.86
6.50
0.000
Il
0.58
1.070
0.642
0.620
0.39
0.47
0.39
0.43
0.64
0.60
Hm
12.34
15.80
13.02
12.10
9.97
13.31
11.07
12.20
11.78
12.01
Pf
7.08
1.93
7.21
6.26
4.65
0.000
0.000
4.90
7.09
6.24
Ap
2.84
5.45
5.21
2.58
1.82
1.28
0.76
2.132
1.57
2.63
DI
38.72
34.25
25.41
37.30
54.61
35.56
14.15
32.68
24.08
41.01
The samples of Mount Cameroon and Mt Etinde were product of a low degree of partial melting (−0.28) probably of a mantle peridotite enriched in incompatible elements (Figure 6) [21]. The possibility of crustal assimilation has an impact upon isotopic and incompatible trace element compositions in the different crustal levels during the magma staying in magma chambers [22]. The theoretical curves produced after using the Petromodeler software [3] [23] show different values of r = 0.4 (the ratio of the rate of assimilation to the rate of FC), F = 0.63. The results obtained from PCF, AFC and IFC modelling using Upper Continental Crust [24] as contaminating rocks put in evidence the assimilation of carbonates during the evolution of the Si-undersaturated rocks of the Cameroon hot line (e. g. nephelinitic rocks and camptonites). The silica undersaturated character of the both edifice of the CHL is linked of the effect of the rock rich in carbonate assimilated during metasomatism process in the mantle source. According by [25] [26] [27] [28], Si-undersaturated contaminated magmas can be a consequence of carbonate rock assimilation.
5. Discussion
A major process responsible for variation in the composition of nephelinite and camptonite rocks must be fractional crystallization significant. The variation of mafic phenocryst mineral assemblages suggested that the parental magma generated. The lateral variations in compatible elements are consistent with the variation of the content of pyroxene especially diopside between the camptonite and nephelinite highest of clinopyroxene. The samples from Mount Cameroon and mount Etinde were derived from a mantle source contaminated by metasomatic solutions bearing K, Ba, Sr, and Rb and or melts released from the underlying continental plate. The relatively high L.O.I. contents of the nephelinite rocks and primitive basalt are mostly related to alteration to low-temperature phases and the presence of the minor amount of secondary minerals such as zeolites and analcime. [29] [30] suggest that the K negative anomaly is characteristic of the mantle source type of HIMU. The Mount Cameroon camptonites have high incompatible element contents and contain hydrated (kaersuite, biotite) and/or carbonate minerals suggesting that they originate from a volatile-rich intra-lithospheric metasomatized peridotite mantle [11].
According to [9], the investigated nephelinetic rocks are generated from mantle sources that were modified by pneumatholitic components, which were derived from basaltic magma. As seen from Figure 5 the REE patterns of basaltic and camptonite rocks from Mount Cameroon have REE patterns similar to Mt Etinde samples (nephelinetic rocks). These comparable patterns reflect that the studied rocks of Mount Etinde may have been derived from a similar mantle source.
The different data allow for the comparison of the Mount Etinde and Mount Cameroon edifice to reflect the differentiation process, which show their geochemical affinities relative to probable sources from basaltic magma by the Petromodeler software [3]. The results were compared with data from other lavas along the Cameroon Volcanic Line.
The linear-like trends on Harker diagrams of the studied samples suggest that fractional crystallisation played an important role in their evolution through the different mineral phases. The observed correlations in the Harker diagrams for the Mount Cameroon camptonite and Mount Etinde nephelinite compared of the other rocks of the Cameroon Hot Line probably reflect the significant role of fractional crystallisation processes during their evolution of magmatism in the geodynamic context of Cameroon hot line.
Despite similar REE patterns, camptonite and basalt exhibit less pronounced LREE enrichment than nephelinitic rocks. This enrichment patterns suggests that rocks come from a same source regions, which are enriched in the LREE. The information obtained from the comparison of the spectra nephelinite, camptonite and basalt are almost parallel, implying that they could be related by the fractional of the mineral phases. The REE variation in igneous rocks can be used to evaluate partial melting rates in their sources, where low partial melting generates magmas with a high Ce/Yb ratio [31].
6. Conclusion
The abundance and distribution of elements in the nephelinite and camptonite samples have been controlled by one or more different geological factors in the Cameroon Hot line. The differences in the compatible elements between the Mount Etinde nephelinite and the Mount Cameroon camptonite and basalt correlate with the difference in modal compositions of mineral phases. The patterns of samples are almost parallel, implying that they could be related by the fractional of a phase that doesn’t change the REE. This enrichment patterns suggests that lavas come from source regions, which are enriched in the LREE. The lateral variation of major and trace element contents in the Mount Cameroon camptonite and Mount Etinde nephelinite seem to be related to the difference in the fractional crystallization processes as well as the difference in the partial melting processes and the metasomatism source rich in volatile. Based on geochemical data, the silica-undersaturated character of the camptonite and nephelinite could be attributed to assimilation of carbonate rocks within depth-level magma chambers. Trace element AFC modelling revealed that the parental magmas of both edifice volcanic rocks were mostly affected by fractional crystallisation coupled with metasomatism process in a similar source rich in Ca.
Acknowledgements
Thanks go to anonymous reviewers for their critical reviews of the manuscript, the members of the scientific team of OJG and the microprobe analyses were performed during the stay of the last author (Ngounouno. I.) based on electron microprobe instrument (CAMEBAX SX 50) at the University of Marie Curie, Paris V.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
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Mama, N., Adama, A., Amadou, D.K., Bertrand, M.G.I., Seguem, N. and Ismaïla, N. (2021) Petrological and Geochemical Studies on the Si-Undersaturated Rocks of the Mount Cameroon: Genesis of the Camptonite and Nephelinite at the Cameroon Hot Line. Open Journal of Geology, 11, 239-252. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojg.2021.116014
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