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Science 19 October 1973:
Vol. 182. no. 4109, pp. 277 - 279
DOI: 10.1126/science.182.4109.277
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Volcanic Gases: Hydrogen Burning at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Dale P. Cruikshank 1, David Morrison 1, and Kenneth Lennon 2

1 Institute of Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822
2 Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii

Spectroscopic evidence for hydrogen burning in air was obtained at Kilauea Volcano. The abundance of hydrogen required to support combustion is consistent with that predicted for gases in equilibrium with typical Hawaiian tholeiitic basalt.

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