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Carbon Dioxide Drives Volcanic Eruption
August 19 , 2023
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- A new study brings a shift in the understanding of the causes behind the eruption of volcanoes.
- The researchers have claimed that it is not water vapor, rather it is carbon dioxide (CO2) that propels the eruption of basaltic volcanoes.
- They studied the magma at Pico do Fogo, one of the world's most active ocean island volcanoes.
- They found unusual levels of carbon dioxide that generally originate at a depth of 12 to 19 miles below the crust.
- Higher levels of ferrous and ferric oxides have been found in the mantle.
- This depth in much below and is within the mantle.
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