A mud volcano suddenly erupted in Diglipur, Andaman Islands, recently.
About Mud Volcano:
It is a mound of mud heaved up through overlying sediments.
The craters are usually shallow and may intermittently erupt mud.
These eruptions continuously rebuild the cones, which are eroded relatively easily.
Some mud volcanoes are created by hot-spring activity where large amounts of gas and small amounts of water react chemically with the surrounding rocks and form a boiling mud.
Other mud volcanoes, entirely of a nonigneous origin, occur only in oil-field regions that are relatively young and have soft, unconsolidated formations.
Mud volcanoes, also known as “sedimentary volcanoes” or “gas-oil volcanoes,”.
Mud volcanoes also exist on the floor of the sea and can form islands and banks that alter the topography and shape of the coastline.
In India, the only mud volcano lies in Baratang Island, a part of the Andaman chain of islands.
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