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No increasing risk of a limnic eruption at Lake Kivu: Intercomparison study reveals gas concentratio...

No increasing risk of a limnic eruption at Lake Kivu: Intercomparison study reveals gas concentratio...

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No increasing risk of a limnic eruption at Lake Kivu: Intercomparison study reveals gas concentrations close to steady state

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No increasing risk of a limnic eruption at Lake Kivu: Intercomparison study reveals gas concentrations close to steady state

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United States: Public Library of Science

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PloS one, 2020-08, Vol.15 (8), p.e0237836

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Lake Kivu, East Africa, is well known for its huge reservoir of dissolved methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the stratified deep waters (below 250 m). The methane concentrations of up to ~ 20 mmol/l are sufficiently high for commercial gas extraction and power production. In view of the projected extraction capacity of up to several hundred...

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No increasing risk of a limnic eruption at Lake Kivu: Intercomparison study reveals gas concentrations close to steady state

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2437105917

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2437105917

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1932-6203

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1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0237836

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