Evolution of CO2 in lakes Monoun and Nyos, Cameroon, before and during controlled degassing

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-118

  Kusakabe, Minoru ^a,i   Ohba, Takeshi ^b   Issa, ^b,g   Yoshida, Yutaka ^c   Satake, Hiroshi ^d   Ohizumi, Tsuyoshi ^e   Evans, William C ^f   Tanyileke, Gregory ^g   Kling, George W ^h  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Yoshida Consulting Engineer Office   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^e Niigata Prefectural Institute of Public Health And Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g Institute of Research for Geology and Mining   (Cameroon)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hazard mitigation; Lake Monoun; Lake Nyos; Natural recharge

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; DISSOLVED GAS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LIMNOLOGY; RECHARGE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; LAKE MONOUN; LAKE NYOS; OUEST PROVINCE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 55449107428     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.42.93     Document Type: Article

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