Katanuma volcanic lake (Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)
Katamuna lake, Japan
| Volcano: | Katanuma (see Katanuma at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Lake |
| Description: | Katanuma is a crater lake with strong acid water (pH:2.0–2.2) influenced by the volcanic fluids. The lake forms an ellipse of 462 m E-W length and 326 m N-S breadth, with a 1380 m of shore line it has neither inflowing nor outflowing streams. In the bottom of the lake there are some high temperature zones where hot springs flow out. These zones are located at the south and northeast basins of the lake’s deepest area. Degassing through the lake surface occurs by bubbles (convective/advective degassing) or by diffusion through the water/air interface (Mazot and Taran, 2009). |
Point of contact for this site:
Pedro Hernández, phdez@iter.es (Environmental Research Division, ITER)
| Measurement | date (d/m/y) | Added by | Added on |
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| Katanuma_01082010 | 1/8/2010 | Emanuela Bagnato | Sept. 21, 2016 |
| Katanuma_01082010 | 1/8/2010 | Emanuela Bagnato | Dec. 6, 2016 |
Bibliographic references for this site
Hernandez Pedro A. , Toshiya Mori, Eleazar Padron, Hirochika Sumino, and Nemesio Perez, 2011,Carbon dioxide emission from Katanuma volcanic lake, Japan, Earth, Planets and Space, vol.63, pp. 1151-1156, DOI: 0.5047/eps.2011.06.038
