TY - JOUR PY - 1994// TI - Magmatic vapor source for sulfur dioxide released during volcanic eruptions: evidence from mount pinatubo JO - Science A1 - Wallace, P. J. A1 - Gerlach, Terrence M. SP - 497 EP - 499 VL - 265 IS - 5171 N2 - Sulfur dioxide (SO(2)) released by the explosive eruption of Mount Pinatubo on 15 June 1991 had an impact on climate and stratospheric ozone. The total mass of SO(2) released was much greater than the amount dissolved in the magma before the eruption, and thus an additional source for the excess SO(2) is required. Infrared spectroscopic analyses of dissolved water and carbon dioxide in glass inclusions from quartz phenocrysts demonstrate that before eruption the magma contained a separate, SO(2)-bearing vapor phase. Data for gas emissions from other volcanoes in subduction-related arcs suggest that preeruptive magmatic vapor is a major source of the SO(2) that is released during many volcanic eruptions.
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LA - en SN - 0036-8075 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.265.5171.497 ID - ref1 ER -