Carbonyl sulfide and carbon disulfide from the eruptions of Mount St. Helens

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.215.4533.665· OSTI ID:5609026

Rasmussen, R A; Khalil, M A.K.; Dalluge, R W; Penkett, S A; Jones, B

Ash from the massive 18 May 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens readily gave off large amounts of carbonyl sulfide and carbon disulfide gases at room temperature. These findings suggest that the sulfur that enhances the Junge sulfate layer in the stratosphere after volcanic eruptions could be carried directly to the upper atmosphere as carbonyl sulfide and carbon disulfide adsorbed on ash particles from major volcanic eruptions.

• OSTI ID: 5609026
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Vol. 215
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
MT ST HELENS
AIR POLLUTION
ACID RAIN
ASHES
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CARBON OXYSULFIDE
CARBON SULFIDES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
STRATOSPHERE
SULFATES
VOLCANOES
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CASCADE MOUNTAINS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMISTRY
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
FEDERAL REGION X
MASS TRANSFER
MOUNTAINS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
RAIN
RESIDUES
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
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500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)