δ18O and δD variations in some volcanic lakes on the Cameroon Volcanic Line (West-Africa): Generating isotopic baseline data for volcano monitoring and surveillance in Cameroon

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-113

  Issa, I ^a,b   Aka Tongwa, Festus ^b   Mouliom, Alfred G ^c   Rouwet, Dmitri ^d   Fantong, Wilson Y ^b   Tchamabé, Boris Chako ^a   Ohba, Takeshi ^a   Yoshida, Yutaka ^e   Sighomnou, Daniel ^f   Nkamdjou, Sigha ^g   Kusakabe, Minoru ^h  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute for Geological and Mining Research (IRGM)   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e Yoshida Consulting Engineer Office Morioka   (Japan)

^f WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g Department of Environmental Biology and Chemistry ^*  (Congo)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Epilimnia; Gas explosion; Hazard; Lake Monoun; Lake Nyos

Indexed keywords

CRATER LAKE; EPILIMNION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMEROON; LAKE MONOUN; LAKE NYOS; NORTH WEST REGION; WEST REGION;

EID: 84904867173     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: 17238633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2015.966     Document Type: Article

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