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can you Describe the gases present in magma. How do the gases affect an eruption?

2007-03-14 12:16:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

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Gas, pressure and magma viscosity is PHD kinda stuff. Thats a realy hard question to answer on a forum like this
I'd like to see the answers you get.
sorry

2007-03-14 12:26:48 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Kitty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Pro Kitty is right. A very, very simplistic answer is that disolved gas in magma can allow a more violent eruption due to the expansion of the gasses as the pressure drops. The gasses in magma can include.... well, just about all of them I think.

2007-03-14 12:34:13 · answer #2 · answered by Now and Then Comes a Thought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋