Africa Geoscience Review

GEOHAZARDS IN AFRICA

Volume 9 Number 4		Contents		2002

C.A. Kogbe			i	Preface

J. R. Ikingura			279	Environmental transformation of mercury
					from gold mining operations and
					implications on human health - a case
					study of the Lake Victoria goldfields in
					Tanzania

A. Kijko, S. J. P. Retief,	289	Seismic hazard and risk assessment based
G. Graham and M. S. Bejaichund   	on the parametric-historic procedure
and M. S. Bejaichund			case historic procedure case study:
					Tulbagh, South Africa 

L. S. Chapola			313	Earthquake hazards in Malawi

S. N. Ayonghe, C. E. Suh,	325	Hydrologically, seismically and
E. B. Ntasin, P. Samalang and		tectonically triggered landslides along
W. Fantong				the Cameroon Volcanic Line, Cameroon

J. Freers, C. Hampton,		337	Low environmental magnesium and high 
H. Mayanja-Kizza, R. Kohring,		cerium concentrations: are they risk
S. Mogere, M. Rutakinggirwa,		factors for endomyocardial fibrosis in
T. Schlüter and B. Smith		Uganda?

S. N. Mogere, T. Schlüter and	343	A digital geological atlas of Africa - 
D. Spengler				progress and applications to disaster
					management

Pamela A. W. Abuodha 		351	Beach erosion as an environmental hazard
					in Kenya: a case study of Shanzu,
					Bamburi area

I. K. Njilah, M. Tchindjang	369	Lake Nyos natural dam, Northwest 
and M. K. Ndikontar			Cameroon: another catastrophe in the
					making

B. D. O. Odhiambo 		377	The use of plants in mapping hazardous
					concentrations of toxic elements in
					mineralized areas

E. M. Mathu, C. M. Nyamai	385	Environmental degradation through
and W. M. Ngecu				quarrying: a case study in
					Tala-Kangundo area, Central Kenya

E. K. Ucakuwun			397	On the prediction of slump-type
					landslides using Kenyan case studies

I. R. Manuel and E. M. Vicente	401	The problem of flooding in Mozambique:
					the catastrophe of the year 2000

C. A. Kogbe			409	A brief review of natural hazards caused
					by volcanic eruptions in Africa

I. R. Manuel and E. M. Vicente 	413	Landslide hazard in Maputo city : a
					combination of natural and anthropogenic
					causes

C. A. Kogbe			419	Importance of environmental monitoring
					and rehabilitation as part of mining 
					activities in Africa

G. P. Opata			429	Manmade environmental hazard: a case
					study of Kakuma refugee camp from an
					environmental planning perspective

O. Zaripov			433	Current bibliography of Middle East
					Geology