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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 human and natural environment, the eruption products and impact of crater lake breaching eruptions, numerical modeling of gas clouds and lake eruptions, thermo-hydro-mechanical and deformation modeling, CO2 fluxes from lakes, volcanic lakes observed from space, biological activity, continuous monitoring techniques, and some aspects more. We hope to offer an updated manual on volcanic lake research, providing classic research methods, and point towards a more high-tech approach of future volcanic lake research and continuous monitoring.
List 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.- CO 2 Degassing from Volcanic Lakes.- The Comparative Limnology of Lakes Nyos and Monoun, Cameroon.- Modelling Air Dispersion of CO 2 from Limnic Eruptions.- Microbial Life in Volcanic Lakes.
About the author
Dmitri Rouwet, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
email: dmitrirouwet@gmail.com
Dr. Bruce Christenson, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand email: b.christenson@gns.cri.nz
Dr. Franco Tassi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
email: franco.tassi@unifi.it
Dr. Jean Vandemeulebrouck, Université de Savoie, Le Bourget du Lac, France
email: jvand@univ-savoie.fr
Summary
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 human and natural environment, the eruption products and impact of crater lake breaching eruptions, numerical modeling of gas clouds and lake eruptions, thermo-hydro-mechanical and deformation modeling, CO2 fluxes from lakes, volcanic lakes observed from space, biological activity, continuous monitoring techniques, and some aspects more. We hope to offer an updated manual on volcanic lake research, providing classic research methods, and point towards a more high-tech approach of future volcanic lake research and continuous monitoring.
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“Volcanic Lakes, the first book on lakes in volcanic
domains, consists of a set of 24 chapters written by pioneers and other
researchers who have published extensive works on volcanic lakes in recent
years. … the book is worthwhile resource that I strongly recommend researchers
and mainly students pursuing a career focused on limnology, microbiology,
volcanic monitoring, and volcanic hazards, but also volcanologists dealing with
monogenetic volcanoes and hazard prevention to read.” (Boris Chako Tchamabé, Bulletin
of Volcanology, Vol. 77 (82), 2015)
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"Volcanic Lakes, the first book on lakes in volcanic domains, consists of a set of 24 chapters written by pioneers and other researchers who have published extensive works on volcanic lakes in recent years. ... the book is worthwhile resource that I strongly recommend researchers and mainly students pursuing a career focused on limnology, microbiology, volcanic monitoring, and volcanic hazards, but also volcanologists dealing with monogenetic volcanoes and hazard prevention to read." (Boris Chako Tchamabé, Bulletin of Volcanology, Vol. 77 (82), 2015)
