Mud Volcanoes

Muddy Volcanoes from Berca, BZ, Romania
As the gases erupt from 3000 meters deep towards the surface, through the underground layers of clay and... more

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Mud Volcanoes

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Atlas Tracer

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Muddy Volcanoes from Berca, BZ, Romania
"As the gases erupt from 3000 meters deep towards the surface, through the underground layers of clay and water, they push up underground salty water and mud, so that they overflow through the mouths of the volcanoes, while the gas emerges as bubbles. The mud dries off at the surface, creating a relatively solid conical structure resembling a real volcano. The mud expelled by them is cold, as it comes from inside the Earth's continental crust layers, and not from the mantle.
The reservation is unique in Romania. Elsewhere in Europe, similar phenomena can be observed in Italy (northern Apennines and Sicily), Ukraine (in the Kerch Peninsula), Russia (in the Taman Peninsula) as well as Azerbaijan."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berca_Mud_Volcanoes

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April 30th, 2020