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Deuser WG, Degens ET, Harvey GR, et al. Methane in lake kivu: new data bearing on its origin. Science. 1973;181(4094):51-4doi: 10.1126/science.181.4094.51.
Deuser, W. G., Degens, E. T., Harvey, G. R., & Rubin, M. (1973). Methane in lake kivu: new data bearing on its origin. Science (New York, N.Y.), 181(4094), 51-4. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.181.4094.51
Deuser, W G, et al. "Methane in lake kivu: new data bearing on its origin." Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 181,4094 (1973): 51-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.181.4094.51
Deuser WG, Degens ET, Harvey GR, Rubin M. Methane in lake kivu: new data bearing on its origin. Science. 1973 Jul 06;181(4094):51-4. doi: 10.1126/science.181.4094.51. PMID: 17769824.
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Science. 1973 Jul 06;181(4094):51-4. doi: 10.1126/science.181.4094.51.

Methane in lake kivu: new data bearing on its origin.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

W G Deuser, E T Degens, G R Harvey, M Rubin

PMID: 17769824 DOI: 10.1126/science.181.4094.51

Abstract

Lake Kivu, an African rift lake, contains about 50 cubic kilometers of methane (at standard temperature and pressure) in its deep water. Data resulting from two recent expeditions to the lake and a reevaluation of earlier data suggest that most of the methane was formed by bacteria from abiogenetic carbon dioxide and hydrogen, rather than being of volcanic origin or having formed from decomposing organic matter.

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