Contribution to mechanism of pyroclastic fragmentation |
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| Abstract: | The argument that Verhoogan's water vapor pressure mechanism is the cause of all explosive reactions is rejected. It is demonstrated that the explosive type of eruption is probably consequent upon the release of energy by chain reactions involving hydrogen, the gaseous halogens, carbon monoxide, etc. It is also suggested that the upper limits for the liberated energy is of the order of 4,500 kg/cm2. Explosions occur where the concentration of the gaseous phase of a magma-lava system is greatest; such concentrations, apparently, occur at depths considerably less than 1 km below the volcanic cone. — M.E. Burgunker |
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