Methane in Lake Kivu: New data bearing on its origin
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By: W.G. Deuser, E.T. Degens, G.R. Harvey, and M. Rubin
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Abstract
Lake Kivu, an African rift lake, contains about 50 cubic kilometers of methane (at standard temperature and pressure) in its deep water. Data resulting from two recent expeditions to the lake and a reevaluation of earlier data suggest that most of the methane was formed by bacteria from abiogenetic carbon dioxide and hydrogen, rather than being of volcanic origin or having formed from decomposing organic matter.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Methane in Lake Kivu: New data bearing on its origin |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.181.4094.51 |
| Volume | 181 |
| Issue | 4094 |
| Year Published | 1973 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 51 |
| Last page | 54 |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda |
| Other Geospatial | Lake Kivu |