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ACCORDING to the knowledge we have concerning the volcanic gases of Nyiragongo, the nearest volcano to the Lake Kivu of all the volcanoes of the Virunga Range, which constitutes the natural dam behind which Lake Kivu has formed, I cannot agree completely with Dr. Kevin Burke's and Prof. G. Mueller's views regarding the origin of the dissolved gases of this Lake (Nature, 198, 568; 1963).
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TAZIEFF, H. Dissolved Gases in East African Lakes. Nature 200, 1308 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001308a0
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