Essays about: "mud volcanism"

Found 1 essay containing the words mud volcanism.

  1. 1. Mud volcanoes : a review

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Åkesson; [2008]
    Keywords : mud volcanism; mud volcanoes; methane; climate dynamics; LUSI; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Mud volcanoes are pathways through and within which buried argillaceous loose sediments and lithified rocks are altered and transported back to the Earth’s surface. The types of mechanisms of formation, maintenance and triggering of this natural, sedimentary recycling-process vary largely whereby external as well as internal properties of mud volcanoes differ greatly. READ MORE