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The Crystalline Metamorphic Rocks of South-Western Togoland
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1. A belt of gneiss of dioritic composition lies along the west side of the Togo Range, and is exposed at intervals practically all the way from Pode to Atakpame.
2. Associated with it are hornblende- and mica-schists, garnet-amphibolites, and hypersthene-gneisses resembling rocks of the charnockite series. These last form the greater part of Agu Mountain, and also occur at several places along the foot of the Togo scarp.
3. The valley of the Dsawoë River appears to be in large part underlain by gabbro and dolerite types of rock, with associated dyke rocks.
4. A tract of garnetiferous biotite-gneiss, partly granitic in composition, occupies that part of the basin of the Amu River due south of Atakpame. It is associated with schists similar to those accompanying the dioritic gneiss.
5. Basic intrusions occur in the gneisses, e.g. serpentine at Djeti and pyroxenite north of Pode. A pyroxenite north of Akata is intrusive in rocks of the Togo series. No granitic intrusions were found.
6. The rocks described form a basement upon which the rocks of the Togo series and other younger ones rest.
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