mud volcano

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mud volcano

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a cone-shaped mound formed from fine mud ejected, with gases and water, from hot springs, geysers, etc., in volcanic regions

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Salse			A Bakrie group gas drilling company has been blamed for triggering a massive mud volcano that has been devouring land and homes in East Java since May 2, 2006, causing an estimated 4. Indonesian tycoon voted Golkar party chief by AFP / AFP Asian Edition A team lead by Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia managed to collect fluid samples from the crater of an active, bubbling mud volcano and from a brine pool that was previously a mud volcano. Microbes in deep-sea mud volcanoes may yield clues to alien life by Asian News International Tens of thousands of Indonesian villagers battling for compensation after a mud volcano swamped their homes have received a boost after a panel of international scientists concluded that exploratory drilling for gas had caused the eruption. Indonesia mud volcano caused by gas well drilling by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			Mud devil mud digger Mud drum mud eel mud fever mud flap mud flat Mud frog mud gecko mud hen mud hut Mud lark mud map mud midget mud minnow mud pie mud plantain Mud plug mud puddle mud puppy Mud scow mud snake mud stain Mud terrapin mud turtle mud volcano mud wasp mud-beplastered mud-brick mud-crab mud-dauber mud-slinging mud-wrestle Mudanjiang Mudar Mudarin mudbug mudcat mudder muddied Muddily muddiness muddle muddle along muddle along or on muddle through muddle-headed muddled Muddlehead muddleheaded muddler			mud puppies mud puppy mud puppy mud puppy Mud room Mud room Mud room Mud scow mud sill Mud skipper Mud skipper mud slab Mud slinging mud snail mud snail mud snail mud snail mud snake MUD Sound Protocol mud stain Mud sticks mud still mud sump Mud sunfish Mud terrapin Mud therapy Mud therapy Mud therapy mud turtle mud turtles mud volcano mud volcanoes mud volcanoes mud volcanos mud volcanos mud wall mud wasp Mud Weight Mud Wrestlers Rash mud-and-sticks chimney mud-beplastered Mud-brick mud-cake resistivity mud-capping mud-crab Mud-dauber mud-jacking mud-removal acid mud-sling mud-slinger mud-slingers mud-slinging mud-slings mud-slung Mud-volcano Mud-volcano mud-wrestle Muda Muda

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