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What is the role of pressure and dissolved gases in eruptions?.

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Magma contains dissolved gases, which provide the driving force that causes most volcanic eruptions. As magma rises towards the surface and pressure decreases, gases are released from the liquid portion of the magma (melt) and continue to travel upward, and are eventually released into the atmosphere.

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