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Science 22 August 1980:
Vol. 209. no. 4459, pp. 923 - 924
DOI: 10.1126/science.209.4459.923
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Sulfur Dioxide Emissions from La Soufriere Volcano, St. Vincent, West Indies

R. M. HOFF 1 and A. J. GALLANT 1

1 Atmospheric Dispersion Division, Air Quality and Inter-Environmental Research Branch, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, Ontario, Canada M3H 5T4

During the steady-state period of activity of La Soufriere Volcano in 1979, the mass emissions of sulfur dioxide into the troposphere amounted to a mean value of 339 ± 126 metric tons per day. This value is similar to the sulfur dioxide emissions of other Central American volcanoes but less than those measured at Mount Etna, an exceptionally strong volcanic source of sulfur dioxide.

Submitted on December 11, 1979
Revised on February 11, 1980


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