In a nature reserve on the Malaysian island of Borneo, day-trippers witnessed a bizarre phenomenon on Sunday. A mud volcano erupted in the jungle and silty, clay-rich sedimentary rock gushed out of the ground (see video above).
Mud volcanoes, also called mud diapirs, are morphological elevations that often have the shape of a volcano. Water-saturated sludge often escapes from this at more or less regular intervals, often together with methane. Their formation goes back to the so-called “cold volcanism”.
There are currently about 1,100 active mud volcanoes known worldwide. Their diameter varies from a few decimeters to eight kilometers. The mud volcano in the middle of the rainforest in the province of Sabah Borneo is about the size of a football field. It last broke up in 2014 and 2019.
Source: Krone
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