Mud Pots and Mud Pools

Depressions filled with hot bubbling mud commonly associated with steaming ground. The mud is mostly made up of clay minerals which form as an alteration product and interaction between acidic condensed steam and rock-forming minerals.

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Word of the Week – INSAR

Word of the Week – INSAR

INSAR Interferometric synthetic aperture radar is a technique that is deployed from aircraft or satellites in order to generate interferogram images. These are used to interpret surface...

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Word of the Week – Interlayered Clay

Word of the Week – Interlayered Clay

Interlayered Clay A mixture of different clays such as illite, chlorite, and montmorillonite that are structurally interlayered and form via rock alteration at moderate temperatures in...

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Word of the Week – Lava Flow

Word of the Week – Lava Flow

Lava Flow A product of an erupting volcanic cone or fissure made up of liquid molten rock that flows downhill and eventually solidifies due to cooling.

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