  Charged particle and gamma decays in light alpha-like nuclei are investigated
for 24Mg+12C. Various theoretical predictions for the occurence of
superdeformed and hyperdeformed bands associated with resonance structures with
low spin are presented. The inverse kinematics reaction 24Mg+12C is studied at
Elab(24Mg) = 130 MeV. Exclusive data were collected with the Binary Reaction
Spectrometer in coincidence with EUROBALL IV installed at the VIVITRON Tandem
facility at Strasbourg. Specific structures with large deformation were
selectively populated in binary reactions and their associated gamma decays
studied. Coincident events from $\alpha$-transfer channels were selected by
choosing the excitation energy or the entry point via the two-body Q-values.
The analysis of the binary reaction channels is presented with a particular
emphasis on 20Ne-gamma and 16O-gamma coincidences.
