Taming Africa's killer lake

被引：15

作者：

Clarke, T

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来源：

NATURE | 2001年 / 409卷 / 6820期

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D O I：

10.1038/35054609

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

An international team of scientists and engineers is in Cameroon to begin 'degassing' Lake Nyos, scene of a 1986 natural disaster in which a cloud of carbon dioxide killed more than 1,700 people. Tom Clarke assesses the risks and benefits.

引用

页码：554 / 555

页数：2

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