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