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    A mud volcano or mud dome is a landform created by the eruption of mud or slurries, water and gases. Several geological processes may cause the formation...
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    Sidoarjo mud flow (commonly known as Lumpur Lapindo, wherein lumpur is the Indonesian word for mud) is the result of an erupting mud volcano in the subdistrict...
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    Azerbaijan has the most mud volcanoes of any country, spread broadly across the country. 350 of the 700 volcanoes of the world are in the Azerbaijani...
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    activity. Active mud volcanoes tend to involve temperatures much lower than those of igneous volcanoes except when the mud volcano is actually a vent...
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    The Hingol mud volcanoes (Hindi: बाबा चंड्रकुप, Balochi: ھنگول ئےِ خاک شان; Sindhi: बाबा चंदरकुप; Urdu: ہنگول مٹی کے آتش فشاں) are located in Lasbela...
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    Valley, California) Mud volcano (e.g., Tiga Island, Malaysia, El Totumo, Colombia, Gurjaani, Georgia) Balneotherapy Bath salts Heubad Mud wrap Peloid Wallowing...
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    El Totumo (category Mud volcanoes)
    El Totumo Mud Volcano (Spanish: Volcán de Lodo El Totumo) is an active mud volcano located near sea level in northern Colombia in the municipality of Santa...
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  • Lökbatan Mud Volcano (Azerbaijani: Lökbatan palçıq vulkanı), also known as Lok-Batan Mud Cone, is a mud volcano located in Absheron Peninsula near the...
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    45°21′N 26°43′E / 45.350°N 26.717°E / 45.350; 26.717 The Berca Mud Volcanoes (Romanian: Noroioși de la Pâclele Mici) is a geological and botanical...
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    animals cover themselves in mud (wallowing) to cool off. Sludge Drilling mud Muck (soil) Mudcrack Mudcrete Mud flap Mud volcano Peloid Mudflat Mahajan, Bhushan...
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    features at Wikimedia Commons The thermal features at Mud Volcano and Sulphur Caldron are primarily mud pots and fumaroles because the area is situated on...
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    Azerbaijan in an attempt to preserve the prehistoric rock carvings, mud volcanoes and musical stones in the region. Gobustan State Reserve is rich in...
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    process. At the time, the volcano was difficult to reach, but since the completion of the highway, visitors to the mud volcanoes have increased significantly...
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  • about 1000 degrees Celsius. A mud volcano is formed when fluids and gases under pressure erupt to the surface, bringing mud with them. This pressure can...
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  • Baratang Island (category Mud volcanoes)
    Andaman to the south. Beaches, mangrove creeks, limestone caves, and mud volcanoes are some of the physical features. The islands of Ritchie's Archipelago...
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    Arboletes has a mud volcano located in the Santa Fe de la Plata corregimiento. The mud volcano has had eruptions in 2006 and 2010. The mud density allows...
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    Mud volcanoes in the Mariana fore-arc are a hydrothermal geologic landform that erupt slurries of mud, water, and gas. There are at least 10 mud volcanoes...
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  • 2015-07-28. Makran Mud Volcanoes The Volcanoes of Pakistan Active mud volcanoes on- and offshore eastern Makran, Pakistan The mud volcanoes of Pakistan...
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  • 54°39′00″E / 39.12500°N 54.65000°E / 39.12500; 54.65000 There is a mud volcano along the western boundary of the eponymous anticline in Balkan Province...
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    Acidalia Planitia show cones, which some researchers have suggested are mud volcanoes. The scientific community is divided over whether an ancient ocean existed...
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    This area contains many bright spots on a dark background that may be mud volcanoes. There are also some gullies that are believed to have formed by relatively...
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    Runaruna Mud Volcano as a distinct and true mud volcano landform is considered a national geological place of interest in New Zealand. Several geological...
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    Piparo (category Mud volcanoes)
    of a large mud volcano eruption on February 22, 1997. The eruption covered an area of 2.5 km² and displaced 31 families. The mud volcano now lies active...
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    Mud Volcanoes State Nature Reserve or in its full name Mud Volcanoes Group of Baku and Absheron Peninsula State Nature Reserve is a state reserve located...
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    preceded the 1980 Plinian eruption of the volcano. A less intense geothermal event may result in a mud volcano.[citation needed] Phreatic eruptions typically...
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    diapirs or mud volcanoes result because of the unstable semi-fluid nature of the methane-charged, undercompacted shales/muds." The mud volcanoes are aligned...
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    be the result of a mud volcano. An island (Malan island) formed as a mud volcano subsided under water due to gas release and mud extrusion. Heavy rain...
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    The Malvizza mud volcanoes are the largest array of mud volcanoes in the southern Apennines of Italy. The phenomenon is purely sedimentary in nature, in...
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    seeps gas hydrate seeps brine seeps are formed in brine pools pockmarks mud volcanoes Cold seeps occur over fissures on the seafloor caused by tectonic activity...
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    fumaroles and mud pools. The area is well known for its bradyseism. The vapours had been used for medical purposes since Roman times. This volcano is where...
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