Kilauea volcano: the degassing of a hot spot
Abstract
Hot spots such as Kilauea volcano can degas by a one-stage eruptive process or a two-stage process involving eruptive and noneruptive degassing. One stage degassing occurs during sustained summit eruptions and causes a direct environmental impact. Although generally less efficient than the one-stage degassing process, two stage degassing can cause 1 to 2 orders of magnitude greater impact in just a few hours during flank eruptions. Hot spot volcanos with resupplied crustal magma chambers may be capable of maintaining an equivalent impact from CO/sub 2/ and S outgassing during both eruptive and noneruptive periods. On average, a hot spot volcano such as Kilauea is a minor polluter compared to man.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6014524
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-86-0449C; CONF-860383-1
ON: DE86007708
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Norman D. Watson symposium on environmental impact of volcanism, Kingston, RI, USA, 12 Mar 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; VOLCANOES; DEGASSING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; ERUPTION; FLUORINE; HAWAII; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; ELEMENTS; FEDERAL REGION IX; HALOGENS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; NONMETALS; NORTH AMERICA; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR OXIDES; USA; 500200* - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 580202 - Geophysics- Volcanology- (1980-1989)
Citation Formats
Gerlach, T M. Kilauea volcano: the degassing of a hot spot. United States: N. p., 1986.
Web.
Gerlach, T M. Kilauea volcano: the degassing of a hot spot. United States.
Gerlach, T M. 1986.
"Kilauea volcano: the degassing of a hot spot". United States.
@article{osti_6014524,
title = {Kilauea volcano: the degassing of a hot spot},
author = {Gerlach, T M},
abstractNote = {Hot spots such as Kilauea volcano can degas by a one-stage eruptive process or a two-stage process involving eruptive and noneruptive degassing. One stage degassing occurs during sustained summit eruptions and causes a direct environmental impact. Although generally less efficient than the one-stage degassing process, two stage degassing can cause 1 to 2 orders of magnitude greater impact in just a few hours during flank eruptions. Hot spot volcanos with resupplied crustal magma chambers may be capable of maintaining an equivalent impact from CO/sub 2/ and S outgassing during both eruptive and noneruptive periods. On average, a hot spot volcano such as Kilauea is a minor polluter compared to man.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6014524},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1986},
month = {Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1986}
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