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    Volcanic gases are gases given off by active (or, at times, by dormant) volcanoes. These include gases trapped in cavities (vesicles) in volcanic rocks...
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    Volcano (redirect from Volcanic)
    a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes...
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    Stratovolcano (category Volcanic landforms)
    viscous to allow easy escape of volcanic gases. As a consequence, the tremendous internal pressures of the trapped volcanic gases remain and intermingle in...
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  • Volcanism (redirect from Volcanic activity)
    Volcanism, vulcanism, volcanicity, or volcanic activity is the phenomenon where solids, liquids, gases, and their mixtures erupt to the surface of a solid-surface...
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    eruptions that ended 57,000 years ago. Mammoth still produces hazardous volcanic gases that kill trees. Mammoth Mountain is a lava dome complex in Mono County...
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    main types of volcanic eruption: Magmatic eruptions are the most well-observed type of eruption. They involve the decompression of gas within magma that...
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    multi-component gas analyzer system (Multi-GAS) is an instrument package used to take real-time high-resolution measurements of volcanic gas plumes. Multi-GAS measurements...
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    plumbing system is complex, involving regional tectonic structures. Volcanic gas sampled at Ol Doinyo Lengai consists mostly of water vapor and carbon...
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    hot volcanic gases and vapors are emitted, without any accompanying liquids or solids. Fumaroles are characteristic of the late stages of volcanic activity...
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    especially Jens Franzen, have hypothesized that events much like the 1986 volcanic gas releases at Lake Nyos, Cameroon, could account for the deaths and preservation...
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    shielded from the immediate blast and its effects, including heat, debris, volcanic gas and ash, in an isolated outdoor jail cell. Four days after the eruption...
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  • Thumbnail for Volcanism of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex
    The Mount Edziza volcanic complex (MEVC) in British Columbia, Canada, has a history of volcanism that spans more than 7 million years. It has taken place...
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    a volcanic eruption of the most violent type. A notable example is the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Such eruptions result when sufficient gas has...
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    multi-component gas analyzer system (Multi-GAS) is an instrument package used to take real-time high-resolution measurements of volcanic gases. A Multi-GAS package...
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    is done by sulfate-reducing microorganisms. It also occurs in volcanic gases, natural gas deposits, and sometimes in well-drawn water. Hydrogen sulfide...
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    including particles larger than 2 mm. Volcanic ash is formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when dissolved gases in magma expand and escape violently...
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    A volcanic hazard is the probability a volcanic eruption or related geophysical event will occur in a given geographic area and within a specified window...
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  • Thumbnail for 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption
    explosive phase, expelling less volcanic gas. For its first two months, the eruption was assigned a rating on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of VEI...
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  • Thumbnail for Noble gas
    narrow mass difference during analysis.    Noble gas measurements can be obtained from sources like volcanic vents, springs, and geothermal wells following...
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    bowl-shaped feature containing one or more vents. During volcanic eruptions, molten magma and volcanic gases rise from an underground magma chamber, through a...
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    The Auckland volcanic field is an area of monogenetic volcanoes covered by much of the metropolitan area of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, located...
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    into lakes. Toxic volcanic gas has caused fatalities and is a hazard at several craters. On 20 February 1979, 149 people died of gas poisoning in Pekisaran...
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    Limnic eruption (category Volcanic eruption types)
    lake waters, forming a gas cloud capable of asphyxiating wildlife, livestock, and humans. Scientists believe earthquakes, volcanic activity, and other explosive...
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    A volcanic plug, also called a volcanic neck or lava neck, is a volcanic object created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano. When present...
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    into the air. Each episode thus releases volcanic gases, sometimes as frequently as a few minutes apart. Gas slugs can form as deep as 3 kilometers, making...
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    Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone...
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    portal Science portal Greenhouse gas Landfill gas utilization List of gases Natural gas Volcanic gas Breathing gas Wind "Gas". Merriam-Webster. 7 August 2023...
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    bowl. It is also known as "Mount Pipe" (パイプ山, paipu-yama), since the volcanic gas and water vapor that rolls in from the summit, alongside the rest of...
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    Outbreaks of lava fountains up to 300 feet (90 m) high, lava flows, and volcanic gas in the Leilani Estates subdivision were preceded by earthquakes and ground...
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    following record snowfall. This event highlighted the risks associated with volcanic gases in the area and prompted investigations into safety protocols, as well...
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