Volcanic Lakes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rouwet, Dmitri (Editor), Christenson, Bruce (Editor), Tassi, Franco (Editor), Vandemeulebrouck, Jean (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Advances in Volcanology,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Microbiology.; Geochemistry.; Geophysics.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Applied Microbiology.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.

This book aims to give an overview on the present state of volcanic lake research, covering topics such as volcano monitoring, the chemistry, dynamics and degassing of acidic crater lakes, mass-energy-chemical-isotopic balance approaches, limnology and degassing of Nyos-type lakes, the impact on the...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Volcano-hydrologic Hazards from Volcanic Lakes
• The Chemical Composition and Evolution of Volcanic Lakes
• Gases in Volcanic Lake Environments
• Isotope Fractionation and HCl Partitioning During Evaporative Degassing from Active Crater Lakes
• Molten Sulfur Lakes of Intraoceanic arc Volcanoes
• Crater Lake Energy and Mass Balance
• CO2 Degassing from Volcanic Lakes
• The Comparative Limnology of Lakes Nyos and Monoun, Cameroon
• Modelling Air Dispersion of CO2 from Limnic Eruptions
• Microbial Life in Volcanic Lakes.