Premium
Fast and furious: crustal CO 2 release at Merapi volcano, Indonesia
Author(s) -
Deegan F.M.,
Troll V.R.,
Freda C.,
Misiti V.,
Chadwick J.P.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2011.00785.x
Subject(s) - geology , volcano , geochemistry , magma , carbonate , seismology , earth science , materials science , metallurgy
New experimental results show that when magma interacts with carbonate‐rich crustal rock, such as limestone, it rapidly liberates crustal CO 2 , with potentially devastating repercussions for explosive volcanic behaviour.