Title

SO2 from episode 48A eruption, Hawaii: Sulfur dioxide emissions from the episode 48A East Rift Zone eruption of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii

Authors

R. J. Andres, Michigan Technological University
P. R. Kyle, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
J. B. Stokes, U. S. Geological Survey
William I. Rose, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1989

Abstract

An SO₂ flux of 1170±400 (1σ) tonnes per day was measured with a correlation spectrometer (COSPEC) in October and November 1986 from the continuous, nonfountaining, basaltic East Rift Zone eruption (episode 48A) of Kilauea volcano. This flux is 5–27 times less than those of highfountaining episodes, 3–5 times greater than those of contemporaneous summit emissions or interphase Pu'u O'o emissions, and 1.3–2 times the emissions from Pu'u O'o alone during 48A. Calculations based on the SO₂ emission rate resulted in a magma supply rate of 0.44 million m³ per day and a 0.042 wt% sulfur loss from the magma upon eruption. Both of these calculated parameters agree with determinations made previously by other methods.

Publisher's Statement

© Springer-Verlag 1989. Publisher's version of record: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00301550

Publication Title

Bulletin of Volconology

Recommended Citation

Andres, R. J., Kyle, P. R., Stokes, J. B., & Rose, W. I. (1989). SO2 from episode 48A eruption, Hawaii: Sulfur dioxide emissions from the episode 48A East Rift Zone eruption of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. Bulletin of Volconology, 52(2), 113-117. http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00301550
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/geo-fp/114