Oku Volcanic Field Volcano
Updated: Apr 18, 2024 00:55 GMT -
Stratovolcano 3011 m / 9,878 ft
Cameroon, 6.25°N / 10.5°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Cameroon, 6.25°N / 10.5°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Oku Volcanic Field volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
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Background
Numerous maars and basaltic cinder cones lie on or near the deeply dissected rhyolitic and trachytic Mount Oku massif along the Cameroon volcanic line. The Mount Oku stratovolcano is cut by a large caldera. The Oku volcanic field is noted for two crater lakes, Lake Nyos to the north and Lake Monoun to the south, that recently produced catastrophic carbon-dioxide gas release events. The August 15, 1984, gas release at Lake Monoun was attributed to overturn of stratified lake water, triggered by an earthquake and landslide. The Lake Nyos event on August 21, 1986, caused at least 1700 fatalities. The emission of around 1 cu km of magmatic carbon dioxide has been attributed either to overturn of stratified lake waters as a result of a non-volcanic process, or to phreatic explosions or injection of hot gas into the lake.---
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