What is it about?

Knowledge of how gas is transported within a volcano is rudimentary. We have proposed a model of how diffuse gases are transported through the flanks of a volcano. We performed laboratory experiments with major components of volcanic gas and some minor species that coexist with the major gases. The results of the gas transport experiments performed at laboratory scale agree with both the expected theoretical results and the results of gas monitoring in active volcanoes.

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Why is it important?

We described the mass transfer process which triggers the time-dependent evolution of the chemistry of the soil gases. The combined approach of theoretical model and experiments, both in the laboratory and in the field, have great potential for shedding light on deeper processes within a volcano and for improving our volcano monitoring ability.

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Writing this article was thrilling. As a member of this research group I conducted the data collection, analysis, presentation and interpretation of the results. I was delighted to have received the intellectual contributions, the reviews and the advantageous discussions from coauthors, whom I have collaborated for a long time.

Dr Roberto M. R. Di Martino
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

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This page is a summary of: Asynchronous changes of CO2, H2, and He concentrations in soil gases: A theoretical model and experimental results, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, March 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU),
DOI: 10.1002/2015jb012600.
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