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- Halbwachs et al. "Lake Nyos Degassing Project: First Results Pertaining to the Degassing Under Way." European Geophysical Society XXVII General Assembly. April 2002. (3/19/2009)http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002EGSGA..27.6051H
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