A Depression Containing CO2-Enriched Water at the Bottom of Lake Monoun, Cameroon, and Implications for the 1984 Limnic Eruption

A Depression Containing CO2-Enriched Water at the Bottom of Lake Monoun, Cameroon, and Implications for the 1984 Limnic Eruption

In 1984, a limnic eruption occurred in Lake Monoun, Cameroon, and the CO2 gas released from the lake surface resulted in casualties in the neighboring communities. Subsequent scientific research revealed that the CO2 gas released from the lake surface was CO2 of magmatic origin dissolved in the lake...

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Main Authors: Takeshi Ohba, Yu Oginuma, Kazuto Saiki, Minoru Kusakabe, Issa, Takounjou A. Fouepe, Romaric Ntchantcho, Gregory Tanyileke, Joseph V. Hell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
Lake Monoun
limnic eruption
CO2
bathymetry
lake basin
hypolimnion
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.766791/full

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