Volcanic gases in the April 1979 Soufriere eruption

Journal Article · Fri Jun 04 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.216.4550.1121· OSTI ID:6852606

Cronn, D R; Nutmagul, W

Six gas samples from the 17 April 1979 Soufriere eruption plume were analyzed for carbonyl sulfide, carbon disulfide, carbonmonoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, fluorocarbon-11, fluorocarbon-12, methyl chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride. Only carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonyl sulfide, and carbon disulfide were found to have increased mixing ratios as compared with those in clean tropospheric air, but the increases were not sufficient to contribute greatly to the global budgets of these four components. 10 references, 2 tables.

• Research Organization: Washington State Univ., Pullman
• OSTI ID: 6852606
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 216; ISSN SCIEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
ALKANES
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CARBON OXYSULFIDE
CARBON SULFIDES
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMISTRY
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FLUIDS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GASES
GLOBAL ASPECTS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBONS
MASS TRANSFER
METHANE
MIXING RATIO
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NITROUS OXIDE
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
VOLCANIC GASES