Research Article

Degassing and Cycling of Mercury at Nisyros Volcano (Greece)

Table 1

Total gaseous mercury (TGM) measured with Au traps in the atmosphere and in hydrothermal fluids at Nisyros.

SampleDate (dd/mm/yyyy)Time (min)Flux (dm3/min)Volume (m3)TGM (ng/m3)

Stefanos 1(4)31/08/200950.50.0025266
Stefanos 2(5)31/08/200950.50.0025163
Emporio(24)01/09/2009500.50.02517.3
Volcano Cafe(8)01/09/2009300.50.01554.1
Polybotes bottom(2)02/09/200920.50.0010222
Polybotes rim(3)02/09/200950.50.0025133
Kaminakia(9)03/09/200950.50.0025420
Phlegeton(1)04/09/200950.50.0025188
Nikia(19)06/09/2009600.60.0369.4
Phlegeton31/08/201050.50.00254530
Kaminakia31/08/201050.50.00252360
AM fumarole31/08/2010n.a.n.a.0.0002546,300
K6 fumarole31/08/2010n.a.n.a.0.000241,200
PP9S fumarole31/08/2010n.a.n.a.0.000210,500

Sampling sites of 2009 and IDs in brackets are the same as in [43]; fumaroles sampled in 2010 are the same as in [44]. n.a. = not applicable.