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Rate of siderite precipitation in Lake Nyos, Cameroon

Akiko Ozawa, Akira Ueda, Wilson Y. Fantong, Katsuro Anazawa, Yutaka Yoshida, Minoru Kusakabe, Takeshi Ohba, Greg Tanyileke and Joseph V. Hell
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437, 213-222, 22 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP437.13
Akiko Ozawa
1Mitsubishi Materials Techno Corporation, 1-297 Kitabukuro-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama, 330-0835, Japan
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Akira Ueda
2Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama, 930-8555, Japan
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Wilson Y. Fantong
2Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama, 930-8555, Japan
6Institute for Geological and Mining Research (IRGM), BP 4110 Nlongkak, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Katsuro Anazawa
3Department of Natural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
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Yutaka Yoshida
4Yoshida Consulting Engineer Office, 3-46-10 Tsukigaoka, Morioka, Iwate, 020-0121, Japan
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Minoru Kusakabe
2Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama, 930-8555, Japan
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Takeshi Ohba
5Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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Greg Tanyileke
6Institute for Geological and Mining Research (IRGM), BP 4110 Nlongkak, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Joseph V. Hell
6Institute for Geological and Mining Research (IRGM), BP 4110 Nlongkak, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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A large amount of CO2 is stored in the deep waters of Lake Nyos, a volcanic crater lake in Cameroon. The lake is meromictic and thus anoxic in the deeper areas, where dissolved iron exists as Fe2+. Since 2001, a controlled degassing of the lake has been underway. The degassing brings deep water containing Fe2+ to the lake surface as a fountain. This resulted in the formation of Fe(OH)3 precipitates and turned the lake surface red-brown. This coloration was accelerated after the addition of two further degassing pipes in 2011. The Fe(OH)3 precipitates sink to deeper parts of the lake, re-dissolve and are reduced back to Fe2+, which is thought to be precipitating as siderite.

The rates of dissolution and precipitation of siderite in Lake Nyos were examined. Fragments of siderite crystals were covered with gel (Epikote) and placed in lake water for 54 h at several depths characterized by chemical features. The change in the thickness of the crystal surface before and after the reaction was analysed by an interferometer in the laboratory. The siderite dissolves at a rate of −0.09 µm a−1 for samples placed at a depth of 50 m, whereas precipitation took place in deeper waters. The precipitation rate of siderite increased by 0.29 µm a−1 with an increase in depth from 100 to 200 m, and decreased to 0.25 and 0.09 µm a−1 at depths of 208 and 210 m, respectively. However, the calculated saturation indices of siderite in the lake waters increased with depth. The objective of this study is to examine the observed rates of dissolution and precipitation of siderite and to compare them with the saturation index of siderite calculated from the chemistry of the lake water. We also discuss the change in Fe species from the oxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+ at the surface and reduction to Fe2+ and consequent precipitation as siderite in deeper parts of the lake by degassing of CO2 from bottom water in Lake Nyos.

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Rate of siderite precipitation in Lake Nyos, Cameroon

Akiko Ozawa, Akira Ueda, Wilson Y. Fantong, Katsuro Anazawa, Yutaka Yoshida, Minoru Kusakabe, Takeshi Ohba, Greg Tanyileke and Joseph V. Hell
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437, 213-222, 22 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP437.13
Akiko Ozawa
1Mitsubishi Materials Techno Corporation, 1-297 Kitabukuro-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama, 330-0835, Japan
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2Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama, 930-8555, Japan
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  • For correspondence: akira@sci.u-toyama.ac.jp
Wilson Y. Fantong
2Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama, 930-8555, Japan
6Institute for Geological and Mining Research (IRGM), BP 4110 Nlongkak, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Katsuro Anazawa
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Takeshi Ohba
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Akiko Ozawa, Akira Ueda, Wilson Y. Fantong, Katsuro Anazawa, Yutaka Yoshida, Minoru Kusakabe, Takeshi Ohba, Greg Tanyileke and Joseph V. Hell
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437, 213-222, 22 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP437.13
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