More facts on mud volcanoes


	More facts on mud volcanoes
amgumen
10-23-2009 10:27 PM
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In 2001, an eruption of a large underwater mud volcano off Baku created a new island, which is now almost one sq. km in size. Another volcano not far from Baku have erupted at least ten times since 1980, with flames reaching 300 m (1000') height.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/62df1197-a7f9-43e4-96c9-397974c77f37/DA72AF4C-F5EE-47D0-8959-AED867936D6E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm" href="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">dinets.travel.ru</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/C6EF605F-8766-4B62-B2CF-CB2C7EEB4FE4" alt="spa" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top" align="center">In addition to being markers of oil and gas deposits, 
 mud volcanoes are used as sources of hot water, natural gas, and 
 clay. On Azov Sea coasts, their mud is believed to have medical 
 qualities, and is used in local spas. Few geologists are interested 
 in them, so there is no special terminology to describe their shapes 
  and eruptions.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/47BF4632-33F0-4C14-BEAF-BC987EC11A3D" alt="spa" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/E47E1290-CF86-43BB-84AD-3A755D57F592" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/3C066FB0-23F6-4D49-BDC8-0492E62CEA5A" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/3355F282-E8AF-466C-97F0-3C1CBA35EE88" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/733A8B06-E666-4763-9B6E-14B1B05B275B" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/2EE67AB7-F529-4668-9D25-93AEC0E6BAE1" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/63B8DADC-8560-4B39-9F6E-E389C84018B4" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/6639C2BA-7530-4F85-8B86-0690E81013B5" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/F9885444-E46A-4C87-AC32-9C84F59A75E1" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top" align="center">Despite their spectacular diversity, 
              mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have yet to be discovered 
              as a tourist attraction. </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/8AFB4944-8FCF-4DCE-916C-87F1F8F09823" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/CE4DF690-0DEE-4023-8E4D-C9A63F7F10F9" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/F5F6C9D6-7C1F-4BCE-80A0-FAFC6A580C35" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/631C6B12-15F0-413E-82A0-479C512E87F8" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/B52DDA6D-427E-47F5-A200-8699BE063604" alt="oil" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top" align="center">Eruptions of mud volcanoes are seldom 
              violent, although they can cause landslides and river dammings. 
              Only few mud volcanoes, such as the ones on mud-volcanic islands 
              off Baku City, are known for hot gas explosions, and have caused 
              human fatalities at least three times since 1900.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/62797E7D-0E54-4ADD-909C-635AC58FD853" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/F2B7413D-B892-4AF8-8EE6-EE644F036156" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/32D1E9FA-6410-46CA-8408-6BB062F7AFBD" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/1F99585C-62E4-42BC-AA37-97064327C4CB" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><FONT size="-3">Explosion of hot gas,<BR />Bulla Island, Azerbaijan.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/30DD54AD-1286-4706-B797-86D7BF9A8798" alt="view" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/DF1E6572-3044-44B1-980F-FAECC88F8296" alt="view" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/8CA2C1FD-990F-4075-899F-C99B35444388" alt="mud" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dinets.travel.ru/mudvolcs.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dinets.travel.ru/img/5040089C-13DA-418C-8D17-7FFE91F3C2EE" alt="eruption" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DA72AF4C-F5EE-47D0-8959-AED867936D6E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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