Dry gas vents ("mazuku") in Goma region (North-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo): Formation and risk assessment

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 787-798

  Smets, Benoît ^a   Tedesco, Dario ^b,c   Kervyn, François ^a,d   Kies, Antoine ^e   Vaselli, Orlando ^f,g   Yalire, Mathieu Mapendano ^h  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Centre d'Informations Géographiques   (Congo)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^h Goma Volcanological Observatory   (Congo)

Author keywords

Dry gas vent; Goma; Hazard; Kivu; Mazuku

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMATION MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAVA FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTING; VOLCANOLOGY;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; GOMA; LAKE KIVU; NORD KIVU;

EID: 78149468159     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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