An estimate of gas emissions and magmatic gas content from Kilauea volcano
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Abstract
Emission rates of CO2 have been measured at Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, in the east-rift eruptive plume and CO2 and SO2 have been measured in the plume from the noneruptive fumaroles in the summit caldera. These data yield an estimate of the loading of Kilauean eruptive gases to the atmosphere and suggest that such estimates may be inferred directly from measured lava volumes. These data, combined with other chemical and geologic data, suggest that magma arrives at the shallow summit reservoir containing (wt.%) 0.32% H2O, 0.32% CO2 and 0.09% S. Magma is rapidly degassed of most of its CO2 in the shallow reservoir before transport to the eruption site. Because this summit degassing yields a magma saturated and in equilibrium with volatile species and because transport of the magma to the eruption site occurs in a zone no shallower than the summit reservoir, we suggest that eruptive gases from Kilauea characteristically should be one of two types: a ‘primary’ gas from fresh magma derived directly from the mantle and a carbon-depleted gas from magma stored in the summit reservoir.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | An estimate of gas emissions and magmatic gas content from Kilauea volcano |
| Series title | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta |
| DOI | 10.1016/0016-7037(85)90196-6 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1985 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 125 |
| Last page | 129 |
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