Evolution of CO2 content in Lakes Nyos and Monoun, and sub-lacustrine CO2-recharge system at Lake Nyos as envisaged from CO2/3he ratios and noble gas signatures

Volcanic Lakes

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 427-450

  Kusakabe, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial degassing; CO2 He decoupling; Evolution of CO2 content; Lake Monoun; Lake Nyos; Spontaneous exsolution of gas; Sublacustrine fluid reservoir

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929341081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36833-2_19     Document Type: Chapter

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