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TableĀ 1 Main gravity anomalies of residual map

From: Validation of gravity data from the geopotential field model for subsurface investigation of the Cameroon Volcanic Line (Western Africa)

Anomaly

Direction/shape

Location

Significance

N1

NWā€“SE

Douala

Douala Sedimentary basin

N2

Nā€“S

Eseka-Bafia

Swamp and sedimentary alluvia (Sanaga River)

N3

NEā€“SW

Manyamen-Fontem

Mamfe basin (southern part of Benue Trough)

N4

Circular

North of Takamenda (Nigeria)

Benue Trough

P1

Circular

Mt Cameroon

Volcanic mountain of the CVL

P2

Circular

Ngambe

Granitoid intrusion

P3

NEā€“SW

East of Makak locality

Iron mineralization located at the northern edge of Congo craton

P4

Successive circular trending NEā€“SW

Kumbaā€“Mt Oku

Volcanic mountains of the CVL

P5

Eā€“W

Takamanda

Granitoid intrusion