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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 , dissolved or dissociated gases in magma and lava , or gases emanating from lava, from volcanic craters or vents.
Vog is created when volcanic gases (primarily oxides of sulfur) react with sunlight, oxygen and moisture.The result includes sulfuric acid and other sulfates. [4] Vog is made up of a mixture of gases and aerosols which makes it hard to study and potentially more dangerous than either on their own.
The release of volcanic gases, particularly sulfur dioxide, during the formation of the traps may have contributed to climate change. An average drop in temperature of about 2 °C (3.6 °F) was recorded during this period. [16] Deccan Traps in India geology zones
A volcanic eruption is essentially the only natural way for short-lived – less than a few years – gases like sulfur dioxide and water vapor to make it into the stratosphere.
Sampling gases at a fumarole on Mount Baker in Washington, United States Fumaroles at Vulcano, Sicily, Italy. A fumarole (or fumerole; from French fumerolle, a domed structure with lateral openings, built over a kitchen to permit the escape of smoke [2]) is an opening in a planet's crust which emits steam and gases, but no liquid or solid material. [3]
The chemical reactions that form smog following a volcanic eruption are different than the reactions that form photochemical smog. The term smog encompasses the effect when a large number of gas-phase molecules and particulate matter are emitted to the atmosphere, creating a visible haze. The event causing a large number of emissions can vary ...
This list is sorted by boiling point of gases in ascending order, but can be sorted on different values. "sub" and "triple" refer to the sublimation point and the triple point, which are given in the case of a substance that sublimes at 1 atm; "dec" refers to decomposition. "~" means approximately. Blue type items have an article available by ...
Mazuku forming in a low morphological depression on the foothills of Mt. Amiata, Italy, where CO 2-rich fog accumulates in a ditch. Mazuku (Swahili for "evil winds") are pockets of dry, cold carbon dioxide-rich gases released from vents or fissures in volcanically and tectonically active areas, and mixed with dispersed atmospheric air and accumulating in typically low-lying areas.