Mofettes

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Mofettes

the venting of carbon dioxide, with admixtures of water vapor and other gases, from small channels and fissures on the floor and sides of a volcano crater and on solidifying lava flows. The temperature is about 100°C. Mofettes occur during the last stage of the abatement of fumarole activity in volcanoes.

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