Modelling the dynamics and thermodynamics of volcanic degassing |
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| Authors: | David S Stevenson Stephen Blake |
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| Institution: | (1) Climate Research, Meteorological Office, London Road, Bracknell, RG12 2SZ, UK Fax: +44 1344 854493 e-mail: dstevenson@meto.gov.uk, GB;(2) Department of Earth Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK, GB |
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| Abstract: | The rates of passive degassing from volcanoes are investigated by modelling the convective overturn of dense degassed and
less dense gas-rich magmas in a vertical conduit linking a shallow degassing zone with a deep magma chamber. Laboratory experiments
are used to constrain our theoretical model of the overturn rate and to elaborate on the model of this process presented by
Kazahaya et al. (1994). We also introduce the effects of a CO2–saturated deep chamber and adiabatic cooling of ascending magma. We find that overturn occurs by concentric flow of the magmas
along the conduit, although the details of the flow depend on the magmas' viscosity ratio. Where convective overturn limits
the supply of gas-rich magma, then the gas emission rate is proportional to the flow rate of the overturning magmas (proportional
to the density difference driving convection, the conduit radius to the fourth power, and inversely proportional to the degassed
magma viscosity) and the mass fraction of water that is degassed. Efficient degassing enhances the density difference but
increases the magma viscosity, and this dampens convection. Two degassing volcanoes were modelled. At Stromboli, assuming
a 2 km deep, 30% crystalline basaltic chamber, containing 0.5 wt.% dissolved water, the ∼700 kg s–1 magmatic water flux can be modelled with a 4–10 m radius conduit, degassing 20–100% of the available water and all of the
1 to 4 vol.% CO2 chamber gas. At Mount St. Helens in June 1980, assuming a 7 km deep, 39% crystalline dacitic chamber, containing 4.6 wt.%
dissolved water, the ∼500 kg s–1 magmatic water flux can be modelled with a 22–60 m radius conduit, degassing ∼2–90% of the available water and all of the
0.1 to 3 vol.% CO2 chamber gas. The range of these results is consistent with previous models and observations. Convection driven by degassing
provides a plausible mechanism for transferring volatiles from deep magma chambers to the atmosphere, and it can explain the
gas fluxes measured at many persistently active volcanoes.
Received: 26 September 1997 / Accepted: 11 July 1998 |
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| Keywords: | Persistent volcanism Volcanic gas fluxes Magma convection Volcano monitoring |
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