Degassing Lake Nyos: Site Map

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Overview

• The 1984 and 1986 disasters
• What happened at Lake Nyos: the limnic eruption phenomenon

Degassing the "Killer Lakes": an experimental venture

• The degassing procedure principle
• Historic of the degassing project
  • 1986-1990 period
  • 1990 survey
  • 1992 experiment at Monoun
• The 1995 experiment at Nyos
  • Gallery of 1995 pictures
• Final degassing plan: the total eradication of a natural hazard
• Technical annexes:
  • The satellite monitoring system
  • The calculation hydrodynamic code for a diphasic flow
  • A tentative lakes safety state evaluation 

UPDATE 2007. Degassing lakes Monoun and Nyos

• Launching the degassing at Nyos: January 2001
  • Description of the equipment
  • Gallery of 2001 pictures
• The Nyos Organ Project: on the road to success
• Degassing Lake Monoun.The situation in January 2003
• Implementation
• Results of degassing
• Future evolution of gas content
• Bathymetry of Lake Monoun
• Degassing Lake Nyos. Current situation
  • Results of the degassing
• The project for the complete degassing of Lake Nyos
  • Columns and Floating platforms. Implantation
  • Information provided by XFLO calculations
  • The forecast of the degassing completion
  • Bathymetry of Lake Nyos

A webcam on the lake

The natural dam hazard

• La mission d’HSF Avril 2001
• Description topographique du site
• Hazards mitigation plan
• The HSF proposal

Controversy: deontological false note

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