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. 2020 Oct 30;6(44):eabb9103. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abb9103

Table 1. Volcanic gas compositions, expressed as molar ratios and molar proportions.

Reported uncertainties on molar ratios are 95% confidence bounds (1.96 × standard error of the regression). Uncertainties on flux measurements are asymmetrical and therefore quoted as ± [upper/lower bounds]. H2S was not detected above the 13% cross-sensitivity of the sensor to SO2. The SO2 flux reported for each compositional measurement is the average of all flux measurements made on the same day by multiple techniques (see Table 2).

Date/Time (UTC) 30 October
2018/21:00
22 May
2019/06:30
23 May
2019/00:00
23 May
2019/00:45
26 May
2019*/00:00
Average (May 2019) ±
propagated error
Vent sampled Main Crater Southern Crater Southern Crater Southern Crater Southern Crater
Molar CO2/SO2
(±2σ)
1.19 ± 0.13 1.03 ± 0.14 1.16 ± 0.09 1.12 ± 0.12 0.95 ± 0.10 1.07 ± 0.06
r2 0.91 0.69 0.69 0.96 0.94
H2O/SO2
(±2σ)
161 ± 18 18.7 ± 2.4 31.3 ± 3.1
r2 0.94 0.7 0.58
BrO/SO2
(×10−5 ± 2σ)
1.80 ± 0.03 1.20 ± 0.08 1.20 ± 0.08 1.20 ± 0.03 2.02 ± 0.04
r2 0.87 0.74 0.74 0.8
Mass CO2/SO2 0.82 ± 0.09 0.71 ± 0.10 0.80 ± 0.06 0.77 ± 0.08 0.65 ± 0.07
H2O/SO2 45.3 ± 5.1 5.3 ± 0.7 8.8 ± 0.9
BrO/SO2
(×10−5)
2.69 ± 0.04 1.80 ± 0.6 1.80 ± 0.6 1.80 ± 0.04
Molar
composition
H2O (mol%) 98.7 90.2 93.5
CO2 (mol%) 0.7 5 3.5
SO2 (mol%) 0.6 4.8 3
BrO
(×10−7 mol%)
8.7 3.6
Mass flux SO2 flux
(tons day−1)
5825 ± [927/987] 4900 ± [346/1816] 4900 ± [346/1816] 4973 ± [841/1015] 5150 ± [336/733]
CO2 flux
(tons day−1)
4122 ± [863/896] 3905 ± [410/1479] 3770 ± [484/1455] 3245 ± [646/745] 3760 ± [313/595]
H2O flux
(×103 tons
day−1)
30.6 ± [6.3/6.5] 43.1 ± [5.2/16.2] 36.9 ± [4.1/8.9]
BrO flux
(×10−2 tons
day−1)
16 ± [0.3/0.3] 8.8 ± [0.9/3.3] 8.8 ± [0.9/3.3] 8.9 ± [1.5/1.8] 10 ± [0.8/1.4]

*This measurement was made using a different multi-gas instrument from the preceding dates. See Materials and Methods for full details.