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"

• The degassing procedure principle
• Historic of the degassing project
  • 1986-1990 period
  • 1990 survey
  • 1992 experiment at Monoun
• The 1995 experiment at Nyos
  • Galery 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 

Launching the degassing at Nyos: January 2001

• Galery of 2001 pictures
• Description of the equipment

UPDATE 2006. Degassing of lakes Monoun and Nyos

• The degassing of Lake Monoun. The situation in January 2003
• Installation  Stage 1Stage 2
• Gallery of 2003 and 2006 picture at Monoun
• Results of degassing
• Evolution future de la teneur en gaz
• Bathymetry of Lake Monoun
• The Degassing of Lake Nyos. Situation actuelle
  • Results of the degassing
  • WEBCAM on lake Nyos
• Lake Nyos total degassing project
  • Colonnes radeaux implantation
  • The project to completely degas the lake (forecast)
  • Bathymetry of Lake Nyos
• The CO2 limnic eruption theory 

The natural dam hazard

• The natural dam at Nyos: a new potential hazard?
• A tentative plan for a re-enforcement of the dam

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