Lake Nyos was rigged for disaster
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Abstract
Studies suggest that magmatic gas seepage had turned Lake Nyos in Cameroon into a time bomb; evidence mounts against a volcanic trigger for last August's disaster.
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Publication type | Article |
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Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Title | Lake Nyos was rigged for disaster |
Series title | Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 1 |
Year Published | 1987 |
Language | English |
Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
Publisher location | Reston, VA |
Description | 6 p. |
First page | 22 |
Last page | 27 |
Public Comments | Reprinted by permission of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Country | Cameroon |
Other Geospatial | Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km northwest of Yaoundé. Nyos is a deep lake high on the flank of an inactive volcano in the Oku volcanic plain along the Cameroon line of volcanic activity. |
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