- Lake
Monoun is a
crater lake (maar) in West Province, Cameroon, that lies in the Oku
Volcanic Field. On
August 15, 1984, a
limnic eruption occurred at...
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saturations Proximity to
areas with
volcanic activity Investigations of the Lake
Monoun and Lake Nyos
casualties led
scientists to
classify limnic eruptions as...
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waters and
therefore the risk of
further eruptions.
Along with the Lake
Monoun disaster two
years earlier, it is one of only two
recorded limnic eruptions...
- this way, and
therefore prone to
limnic eruptions (the
others being Lake
Monoun, also in Cameroon, and Lake Kivu in the
Democratic Republic of
Congo and...
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influence of gravity. In
meromictic lakes e.g. Lake Kivu, Lake Nyos and Lake
Monoun the CO2-rich
gases remain trapped in the dense, cold, and
anoxic stratified...
- Kivu is one of
three lakes in the world,
along with Lake Nyos and Lake
Monoun, that
undergo limnic eruptions (where
overturn of
deepwater stratified layers...
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Bankim Lake
Barombi Lake Edip Lake
Kendall Lake
Lagdo Lake
Mbakaou Lake
Monoun Muanenguba Lakes (Twin Lakes) Lake Nyos Lake Oku Lake Wum Lake ****al Lake...
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water saturated with CO2 are
thought to have
caused 37
fatalities at Lake
Monoun,
Cameroon in 1984 and 1700
casualties at Lake Nyos,
Cameroon in 1986. The...
- lake,
Cameroon Lake Tison,
Cameroon Lake Bambili,
North West
Cameroon Lake
Monoun exploded in 1984,
Cameroon Lake Manengouba,
Cameroon Mount Dendi double...
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dissolved gas held at
pressure in its depths. The
other two, Cameroon's Lake
Monoun and Lake Nyos,
experienced limnic eruptions or "lake overturns", catastrophic...
