Talk:Mud volcano

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According to geologist Nikolai Kudryavtsev the eruptions of mud-volcanoes have liberated such large quantities of methane that even the most prolific gasfield underneath should have been exhausted long ago. Also the quantities of mud deposited in some cases would have required eruptions of much more gas than is known in any gasfield anywhere. The water coming up in some instances carries such substances as iodine, bromine and boron that could not have been derived from local sediments, and that exceed the concentrations in seawater one hundred fold.

No reference given for the according to..., seems to be a POV transfer from the disputed abiogenic petroleum origin article - leave it there. Vsmith 02:00, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I added a small section reinforcing the prominence of Azerbaijan in the world of mud volcanoes, complete with links to sources and whatnot. Hopefully my buoyant method of self-expression doesn't clash with the otherwise studios tone of the entry. --Megaforcemedia 15:49, 13 June 2006 (UTC)--Megaforcemedia 15:49, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Great job on that part by the way!Baku87 22:18, 15 June 2006 (UTC)Baku87

I'd like to point out that this page was linked from the front page of slashdot.org on 2007-01-31. Expect some of this information to be wrong. I also noticed spelling errors in the Yellowstone section, and it seemed very childish. Perhaps an expert can examine that section and revert if necessary?

I've removed a phrase: "The Coriolis effect leaves a spiral flow clockwise around the crater." This is almost certainly the bathtub myth revisited; the Coriolis force is basically negligible over distances shorter than a few tens to hundreds of kilometers. GBM 11:57, 1 February 2007 (UTC)