Seasonal Mixing and Catastrophic Degassing in Tropical Lakes, Cameroon, West Africa
- 28 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 237 (4818) , 1022-1024
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.237.4818.1022
Abstract
Lethal gas releases from Lakes Nyos and Monoun in Cameroon seem to be more lacustrine than volcanic in origin. Both of these events occurred in August and were only 2 years apart. Data show that the period of deepest mixing and lake turnover also occurs during late summer in this region of tropical Africa. In addition, recent trends of decreases in both air temperatures and effective insolation relative to long-term means suggest that weakening of stratification, coupled with a predictable seasonal interval of reduced stability in August, may be responsible for the timing of these eventsKeywords
This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- Origin of the lethal gas burst from Lake Monoun, CamerounPublished by Elsevier ,2003
- Lake Nyos Was Rigged for DisasterScience, 1987
- There May Be More Than One Way To Make a Volcanic Lake a KillerScience, 1986
- Sahel rainfall and worldwide sea temperatures, 1901–85Nature, 1986
- Diel and seasonal physico‐chemical fluctuations in a small natural West African lakeFreshwater Biology, 1984
- Temperature, heat, and mixing in Lake Valencia, Venezuela1Limnology and Oceanography, 1983
- The seasonal pattern of thermal characteristics of four of the Bishoftu crater lakes, EthiopiaFreshwater Biology, 1976
- On the concept of lake stability1Limnology and Oceanography, 1973
- THE THERMAL REGIME OF LAKE LANAO (PHILIPPINES) AND ITS THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR TROPICAL LAKES1Limnology and Oceanography, 1973
- ORIGIN OF STRATIFICATION IN AN AFRICAN RIFT LAKELimnology and Oceanography, 1963