Volcanic Gas
Volcanic gases include a variety of substances 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 directly from lava or indirectly through ground water heated by volcanic action.
The sources of volcanic gases on Earth include:
- primordial and recycled constituents from the Earth's mantle,
- assimilated constituents from the Earth's crust,
- groundwater and the Earth's atmosphere.
Substances that may become gaseous or give off gases when heated are termed volatile substances.
Read more about Volcanic Gas: Magmatic Gases and High-temperature Volcanic Gases, Low-temperature Volcanic Gases and Hydrothermal Systems, Non-explosive Volcanic Gas Release, Composition, Sensing, Collection and Measurement, Volcanic Gases and Volcano Monitoring, Hazards
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