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Table 3 Chemical composition of Sulfur Banks gases, Kilauea

From: In-situ monitoring of 3He/4He in summit gases of Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii) prior to the 2020 eruption

Sulphur Banks Dec 2020, evacuated, no caustic

 

in mol %

      

Sample ID

Date

Location Type

Sample Type

CO2

calc.

CO2*

H2

Ar

O2

N2

CH4

SB20-1

12/10/20

VGPS Exhaust, VGPS pumped

near-ground gas

0.0710

---

-

0.8805

20.34

78.71

-

SB20-2

12/10/20

Tee near fumarole, hand pumped line

fumarole

92.34

99.6

0.1299

0.0683**

0.25

6.99

0.0110

SB20-3

12/12/20

VGPS Exhaust

near-ground gas

0.0800

---

0.0070

0.8441

20.18

78.88

-

SB20-4

12/12/20

Tee near fumarole, bad valve on bottle

fumarole

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

SB20-5

12/13/20

VGPS Exhaust

near-ground gas

0.1081

---

-

0.8036

18.92

80.16

-

SB20-6

12/13/20

Tee near fumarole

fumarole

39.15†

85.6

-

0.5059

11.26

49.08

-

SB20-7

12/15/20

VGPS Exhaust

near-ground gas

0.0810

---

-

0.8623

19.78

79.28

-

SB20-8

12/15/20

Tee near fumarole

fumarole

92.75

95.9

-

0.0329**

0.66

6.41

0.0020

SB20-9

12/17/20

VGPS Exhaust

fumarole-inst.

24.91†

86.0

0.0150

0.6617

14.16

60.26

-

SB20-10

12/17/20

Tee near fumarole

fumarole

60.46†

88.0

-

0.2930

6.84

32.40

0.0010

SB20-11

12/19/20

VGPS Exhaust

fumarole-inst.

31.20†

86.9

-

0.5971

12.75

55.45

-

SB20-12

12/19/20

Tee near fumarole

fumarole

92.21

92.7

0.0430

0.0438**

1.03

6.56

0.0020

Dry air

-----

-----

ambient

0.0412

---

0.000003

0.934

20.95

78.08

0.0002

  1. ʻ-ʻ is not detected; ‘---‘ is no data
  2. SB20-4 had a bad valve, could not be opened
  3. Analyzed by T Fischer, University of New Mexico. February 2021
  4. * Calculated with fumarole gas fraction from Ar conc., using mixing equation from McMurtry et al. (2019b)
  5. ** Results from second run of these samples
  6. † Sample bottle may have lost partial vacuum