Global carbon dioxide emission to the atmosphere by volcanoes

Stanley Williams; Stephen J. Schaefer; V. Marta Lucia Calvache; Dina Lopez

doi:10.1016/0016-7037(92)90243-C

Global carbon dioxide emission to the atmosphere by volcanoes

Stanley Williams, Stephen J. Schaefer, V. Marta Lucia Calvache, Dina Lopez

Earth and Space Exploration, School of (SESE)

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Abstract

Global emission of carbon dioxide by subaerial volcanoes is calculated, using CO₂ SO₂ from volcanic gas analyses and SO₂ flux, to be 34 ± 24 × 10^l2 g CO₂ yr from passive degassing and 31 ± 22 × 10¹² g CO₂ yr from eruptions. Volcanic CO₂ presently represents only 0.22% of anthropogenic emissions but may have contributed to significant "greenhouse" effects at times in Earth history. Models of climate response to CO₂ increases may be tested against geological data.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1765-1770
Number of pages	6
Journal	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume	56
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(92)90243-C
State	Published - Apr 1992

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