The causes of the catastrophic eruption of the Lusi mud volcano in Indonesia are hotly debated. Data from a nearby exploration well and a new look at the stress regime suggest that drilling operations, and not an earthquake set the eruption off.
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Kilb, D. Throwing mud. Nature Geosci 1, 572–573 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo299
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