紀元後期デッカンのマグマと噴火によるガス放出における硫黄と塩素
Stephen Self1, Stephen Blake, Kirti Sharma
1Volcano Dynamics Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK. stephen.self@open.ac.uk
まとめ
巨大な古代の溶岩がインドから流れ出ている.
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- 火山学 火山学とは
- 古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは
背景:
- インドのデッカン・トラップは,6.7~6.5億年前に大量のパホーホー・ラバ流から形成された.
- これらの洪水ベースルト噴火による大気と絶滅の影響は依然として不確実です.
研究 の 目的:
- デッカン・トラップス火山の噴火によるガス放出の可能性を評価する.
- 硫黄 (S) と塩素 (Cl) の排出量を定量化するために.
主な方法:
- デッカン・ラバの内部にあるガラスのインクルージョンとシルベージで測定されたSとCl濃度.
- 噴火した溶岩の体積あたりの SO2 と HCl のガス放出の可能性を計算した.
主要な成果:
- デッカン・ラバのS濃度は数百から1400ppmまで,Cl濃度は900ppmまでだった.
- 噴火により,最大で5.4TgのSO2/km3と1TgのHCl/km3が放出された可能性がある.
- 控えめな推定では3.5Tg SO2/km3と1Tg HCl/km3と推定されている.
結論:
- デッカン・トラップスの噴火は,かなりの量のSおよびClガスを放出しました.
- 深刻な環境影響は,おそらくこれらの大規模な洪水ベースルトイベントの結果でした.
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